Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed7 April 20253360679

Three Bridges Farm, Sheppys Cider, Wellington Road, Bradford On Tone, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1ER

Planning appeal 3360679 at Three Bridges Farm, Sheppys Cider, Wellington Road, Bradford On Tone, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1ER (Somerset West and Taunton *) was allowed on 7 April 2025 by Inspector Allan J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the visual amenity of the area.

the display of 1 no. illuminated sign at entrance to Sheppy's Cider Farm

Authority
Somerset West and Taunton *
Appeal type
commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
Allan J
Postcode
TA4 1ER

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the visual amenity of the area

What decided it

The proposed sign would not create visual clutter or harm the visual amenity of the area given the modest and well-spaced nature of existing signage and the comfortable positioning of the new sign within its setting.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM1Policy CP8Policy D2Policy D3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 141

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

6 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Somerset West and Taunton

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Allowed18 May 20233310390
    Land North-West of Nynehead Road/Taunton Road/Torres Vedras Rdbt, Wellington, TA21 9AA
  2. Dismissed29 April 20263375821
    39 East Street , Tounton, TA1 3LS
  3. Dismissed10 March 20263375620
    Heathfield Nursery, Halse Road, Heathfield, Oake, Somerset, TA4 1DL
  4. Dismissed20 August 20253353593
    Chapel Cleeve Manor, Cleeve Park, Old Cleeve, Somerset, TA24 6JL
  5. Dismissed26 June 20253347918
    Kimmins Moor, Skilgate, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2DL

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.