Dunkery Lodge Paddock, Manor Road, Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6EW Data via plota.co.uk

EXM/26/032/FULL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Proposed partial demolition of barn and conversion of barn to dwelling and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:41

Application progress

✓

Received

27 Jan 2026

✓

Validated

4 Feb 2026

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Refused

1 Apr 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Documents - Document · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Special area of conservation

Exmoor National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Public bridleway about 23 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.

SSSI about 71 m away: Dunster Park and Heathlands SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Special area of conservationCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

Also on the record

Open access land about 0 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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 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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17 Jun 2026Pending

Manor Road, Minehead, TA24 6EW

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Important details

Council: Exmoor
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: TA24 6EW
Received: 27 Jan 2026
Validated: 4 Feb 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Apr 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Kelvin Rufus Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 15 days faster than Exmoor's median of 71 for full applications. Refused, as 4% of full applications here are.

This one56d

Council71d

UK56d

37%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

21%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received

2 supporting

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 10 Feb 2026
Comments by: 13 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 1 Apr 2026

Exmoor

Planning Authority Score

4.4/10

Below average

#179 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Exmoor is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #248 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Exmoor decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

96%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #10 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #15 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #248 of 296

52%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #234 of 296

100%

Minor dwellings approved

4 decided (1-9 homes)

96%

Change of use approved

26 decided

174

Total decisions

7 refused in the year to March 2026