Barn at Williton Allotments Field, Williton to Bridgwater Road, Williton, TA4 4RN Data via plota.co.uk

ABD/39/26/001 - PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouse Refused

Proposal

Application for prior approval for change of use of agricultural building into 1 No. dwelling house (Class C3) and for associated operational development Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:46

Application progress

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Received

5 Feb 2026

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Validated

10 Feb 2026

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Consultation

11 Feb 2026

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Refused

2 Apr 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 2 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 16

Site constraints 4

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.

Public footpath about 20 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, 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: West Somerset
Application type: PA CoU of agri buil. to dwellinghouse
Postcode: TA4 4RN
Received: 5 Feb 2026
Validated: 10 Feb 2026
Ward: Watchet & Stogursey
Parish: Williton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Apr 2026
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 2 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Architectural Studio SW Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 21 days slower than West Somerset's median of 30 for prior approvals. Refused, as 21% of prior approvals here are.

This one51d

Council30d

UK33d

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 →