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EXM/26/131/FULL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Proposed access track. Retrospective. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 21 Oct 2026, 18:02

Application progress

✓

Received

4 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

10 Jun 2026

✗

Refused

21 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Documents - Document · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Special area of conservation

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

National park about 24 m away: Exmoor

Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Special area of conservationCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Dulverton built-up area; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Deciduous woodland; Flood defence about 46 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground); 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 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: Exmoor
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: TA22 9HU
Received: 4 Jun 2026
Validated: 10 Jun 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Oct 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 21 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Aardvark EM Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 133 days from validation, 62 days slower than Exmoor's median of 71 for full applications. Refused, as 4% of full applications here are.

This one133d

Council71d

UK56d

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

1comment received

36 objecting1 supporting

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 28 Jul 2026
Comments by: 18 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

58 Battleton, Dulverton, TA22 9HU

Replacement of dwelling and erection of a 2 No. bay garage

3/09/25/005 30 Jan 2026

2025 Approved

58 Battleton, Dulverton, TA22 9HU

Replacement of dwelling and erection of a 2 No. bay garage

3/09/25/005 30 Jan 2026

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