Blakes Garden Cottage, Blakes Lane, Halse Data via plota.co.uk

18/25/0001 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Removal of flat roof dormer window and chimney to front, conversion of loft to habitable accommodation with erection of 2 No. dormer windows to the front and 1 No. dormer window and 2 No. roof lights to the rear, erection of porch to the front and alterations to boundary wall to form vehicular access and off road turning area and parking at Blakes Garden Cottage, Blakes Lane, Halse Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2025
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Validated
9 Jan 2025
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Approved
5 Mar 2025

Approved on 5 Mar 2025 · the Development Control Manager under delgated powers · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Halse 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: 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
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Halse built-up area; 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Received
8 Jan 2025
Validated
9 Jan 2025
Parish
Halse
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Mar 2025
Decision
Conditional Approval
Decision date
5 Mar 2025
Decision level
the Development Control Manager under delgated powers
Applicant
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Agent
BLUEPRINTS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 11 days faster than Taunton Deane's median of 66 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
317decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Taunton Deane in the last twelve months, from validation. Taunton Deane decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Jan 2025
Comments by
31 Jan 2025