Planning application
Greenway Farm, 5 Skimmerton Lane, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2AX
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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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30 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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