Higher Beverton Farm, Brown Lane, Huish Champflower, Wiveliscombe, TA23 0LP Data via plota.co.uk

3/06/26/002 - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Demolition of agricultural barns and erection of 4 No. dwellings and associated landscaping (to replace granted Class Q prior application ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Mar 2026
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Consultation
23 Mar 2026
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Refused
9 Jul 2026
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Appeal dismissed

Refused on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Jul 2026

Documents 32

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Associated applications 2

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    • FullDemolition of agricultural barns and erection of 4 No. dwellings and associated landscaping…RefusedThis application3/06/26/002

Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone 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.
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area197 m² (2,120 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (79 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built2007 onwards
HeatingGround source heat pump, underfloor, electric
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2014, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TA23 0LP
Received
17 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Dulverton & Exmoor
Parish
Clatworthy
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 May 2026
Decision
Dismissed on Appeal Non Determination
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dorset Design Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 114 days from validation, 52 days slower than West Somerset's median of 62 for full applications. Refused, as 10% of full applications here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
85decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by West Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. West Somerset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14785584
Planning Portal ref
PP-14785584
Neighbours
23 Mar 2026
Consultation
23 Mar 2026
Comments by
15 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
12 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.