Porlock Caravan Park, High Bank, Porlock, Minehead, TA24 8ND Data via plota.co.uk

EXM/26/228/FULL - Full Planning Permission Under Consideration
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed formation of 40no. hardsurfaced car parking bays Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 1 Dec 2026 and 24 Dec 2026, from Exmoor's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 21 Oct 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Documents - Document · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Special area of conservation
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.
Flood map ↗
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.
Heritage coast: Exmoor
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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
Inside the Porlock built-up area; Flood defence about 46 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); 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
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,200,000 in June 2017. Semi-detached house, freehold.

1 June 2017£1,200,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Exmoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TA24 8ND
Received
28 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Urban Design Practice Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Exmoor usually decides full applications by day 71.

Day 3140 days to the predicted decision (day 71)
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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
30 Sept 2026
Comments by
21 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Proposed formation of 8no. hard surfaced car parking bays (retrospective).
6/27/25/008
2021 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Discharge of Condition 4 (Flood Risk Plan) of approved application 6/27/21/103.
6/27/21/115DC
2021 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Discharge of Condition 4 (flood risk measures) of approved application 6/27/20/117
6/27/21/114DC
2020 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Variation of condition 2 of permission 6/27/02/139 to allow for all year operation of the…
6/27/20/117
2021 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Proposed removal of existing caravan (reception, office and staff accommodation) and the…
6/27/21/103
2021 Approved
PORLOCK CARAVAN PARK, HIGHBANK, PORLOCK, MINEHEAD, TA24 8ND
Proposed formation of hard surfaced access roads and car parking bays. Retrospective.
6/27/21/102
2019 Refused
Porlock Caravan Park, High Bank, Porlock, Somerset
Proposed Variation of Condition 2 of approved application 6/27/02/139 to allow all year r…
6/27/19/112
2018 Approved
Porlock Caravan Park, High Bank, Porlock, Somerset
Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed stationing of 31 timber chalet units on p…
6/27/18/102
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.