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Planning appeals in West Somerset District Council

Name: Planning appeal decisions in West Somerset District Council
Creator: Town Planner Pro
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in West Somerset District Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 59 planning appeals in West Somerset District Council since 2016, of which 36% were allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 20 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

appeals on record since 2016

36%

of decided appeals allowed

20 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months

By appeal type

Householder15 decided

40% allowed

Minor37 decided

35% allowed

Major3 decided

33% allowed

Enforcement2 decided

0% allowed

Other2 decided

50% allowed

By procedure

Written representations56 decided

34% allowed

Hearings1 decided

0% allowed

Inquiries2 decided

100% allowed

Every decision, by year

2020 · 2 · 0% allowed 2019 · 19 · 37% allowed 2018 · 14 · 21% allowed 2017 · 15 · 60% allowed 2016 · 9 · 22% allowed

Latest decisions in West Somerset District Council

Dismissed14 May 2020· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed4 February 2020· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed16 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Allowed16 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Allowed15 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed15 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed8 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed8 August 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed31 July 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed10 July 2019· householder
Appeal null
Dismissed20 May 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed20 May 2019· minor
Appeal null
Dismissed2 May 2019· major
Appeal null
Allowed1 May 2019· minor
Appeal null
Allowed26 April 2019· minor
Appeal null

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Every appeal decided around the site, from a kilometre out to ten, nearest first, the letter a tap away wherever one was published. Precedent as a constraint layer.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.