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6/34/25/005 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Proposed installation of external insulation panels with a smooth rendered finish as well as the installation of solar panels to the respective roof slopes identified in the proposed plans to the dwellings at 1-4 Orchard Bungalows and 1-27 Orchard Way. Also removal of several stacks. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Sept 2025
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Validated
1 Oct 2025
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Approved
26 Nov 2025

Approved on 26 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Statements & assessments 1

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Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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
Radon affected area, class 4; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 41 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Full Planning Permission
Received
24 Sept 2025
Validated
1 Oct 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Nov 2025
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
26 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Crickmay Stark Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 15 days faster than Exmoor's median of 71 for full applications. Approved, as 96% of full applications here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
21%go to committee

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Public comments

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Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Oct 2025
Comments by
7 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Nov 2025
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings