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6/10/25/022LB - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal works within the basement boiler room of Dunster Castle, a Grade I listed building. The proposed works involve the removal of a redundant oil tank and a section of non-significant brick infill within an earlier brick arch, and the casting of a new concrete pad to facilitate future boiler installation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Oct 2025
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Validated
30 Oct 2025
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Approved
19 Dec 2025

Approved on 19 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 11

Scheduled monument: Motte and bailey at Dunster Castle
Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Dunster Castle and Gatehouse, Grade I, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 9 with distances
Historic England ↗
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.
Registered park or garden: Dunster Castle
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Dunster conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
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; SSSI about 310 m away: Dunster Park and Heathlands SSSI; Inside the Dunster built-up area; Priority habitat about 12 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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

Checked on 17 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.

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Important details

Council
Exmoor
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Received
28 Oct 2025
Validated
30 Oct 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Dec 2025
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
19 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Exmoor's median of 56 for listed building works. Approved, as 100% of listed building works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Exmoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Exmoor decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Nov 2025
Comments by
5 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
25 Dec 2025
Exmoor
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#179 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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