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Allowed10 September 20266007678

West Barn, Cobhay Farm, Milverton Road, Wiveliscombe, TA4 1NN

Planning appeal 6007678 at West Barn, Cobhay Farm, Milverton Road, Wiveliscombe, TA4 1NN (Somerset Council) was allowed on 10 September 2026 by Inspector J Hills, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council failed to determine the prior approval application within the prescribed 56-day period under the GPDO.

Conversion of agricultural building to a dwelling under Class Q

Authority
Somerset Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
J Hills
Postcode
TA4 1NN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council failed to determine the prior approval application within the prescribed 56-day period under the GPDO

What decided it

The Council failed to determine the prior approval application within the prescribed 56-day period, with the result that prior approval is deemed to have been granted under the GPDO.

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