Knighton Farm, Knighton Lane, Knighton, Stogursey, TA5 1QD Data via plota.co.uk

3/32/26/016 - Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry) Registered

Proposal

Formation of reinforced concrete yards within existing farmyard Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Nov 2026 and 26 Nov 2026, from West Somerset's recent prior approvals.

Site constraints 3

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
National infrastructure project about 1460 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)
Postcode
TA5 1QD
Received
14 Oct 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
Watchet & Stogursey
Parish
Stogursey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. West Somerset usually decides prior approvals by day 36.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
84%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
31decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15293123
Planning Portal ref
PP-15293123
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No