Earnshill House Hambridge Langport Somerset TA10 0AX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00481/COU - Change of Use Approved

Proposal

Application for the change of use of part of Earnshill House to a mixed use comprising residential use (Use Class C3), the hosting of wedding ceremonies and receptions, other private and cultural events, and short stay guest accommodation (sui generis) (Retrospective application). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Mar 2026
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Validated
16 Apr 2026
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Approved
28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade I listed: Earnshill House
List entry 1249217 · 24 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 27 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
TA10 0AX
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
16 Apr 2026
Ward
SOUTH PETHERTON AND ISLEMOOR
Parish
Hambridge/Westport
Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted with Conditions
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 165 days from validation, 113 days slower than South Somerset's median of 52 for changes of use. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
99decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. South Somerset decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 29 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14744818
Planning Portal ref
PP-14744818
Statutory expiry
11 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use