Westcott House, Westcott Lane, Brompton Regis, Dulverton, Taunton, TA4 2JJ Data via plota.co.uk

3/36/26/002 - Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry) Registered

Proposal

Application for prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building to house animals and store agricultural supplies Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Oct 2026 and 29 Oct 2026, from West Somerset's recent prior approvals.

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 8 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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 park about 324 m away: Exmoor; Priority habitat about 39 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 £1,410,000 in March 2024. Other property, freehold.

4 March 2024£1,410,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area284 m² (3,057 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Prior Approval (Agriculture/Forestry)
Postcode
TA4 2JJ
Received
17 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Dulverton & Exmoor
Parish
Upton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
LSL ARCHITECTURE

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. West Somerset usually decides prior approvals by day 30.

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
24decided 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 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15230309
Planning Portal ref
PP-15230309
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.