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Greenway Farm, 5 Skimmerton Lane, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2AX

Granted Exmoor National Park 51/25/00026 Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing development of stable blocks and continued use of Building 1 as an independent dwelling and Building 2 for storage purposes.

As published by the council, reference 51/25/00026

Application record

Reference
51/25/00026
Type
Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted Permission
Received
25 Sep 2025
Validated
25 Sep 2025
Decided
30 Sep 2025
Parish
Wembdon
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TA5 2AX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 51/26/00003 Granted

    Greenway Farm, 5 Skimmerton Lane, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2AX

    Change of use of land to provide up to 15 touring caravan pitches for use by Hinkley Point Construction workers for a temporary period of 5 years.

    Decided 14 May 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Sep 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 30 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 30 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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