Brendons, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE Data via plota.co.uk

3/38/26/005 - Full Planning Permission Registered
Solar & renewables

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Consultation
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 19 Oct 2026 and 28 Oct 2026, from West Somerset's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 2

PDF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Other · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Other · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF (A3) DRNO 26.087/BP01 BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF (A3) DRNO 26.087/LP01 LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF (A3) DRNO 26.087/P10 EXISTING BLOCK ELEVATIONS Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF (A3) DRNO 26.087/P11 PROPOSED BLOCK ELEVATIONS Drawing · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF COMMENTS FROM HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Quantock Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden about 73 m away: St Audries (House)
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 320 m away: The Quantocks SSSI; Heritage at risk about 73 m away: St Audries (House); Inside the West Quantoxhead 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 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.

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Important details

Council
West Somerset
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TA4 4DE
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Watchet & Stogursey
Parish
West Quantoxhead
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Kennedy Associates

Decision outlook

Day 46 of the 56-day target. West Somerset usually decides full applications by day 62.

Day 4616 days to the predicted decision (day 62)
46%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
85decided in the last year

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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15174590
Planning Portal ref
PP-15174590
Neighbours
15 Sept 2026
Consultation
15 Sept 2026
Comments by
6 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
8 Staple Close, West Quantoxhead, Williton, Taunton, TA4 4DF
Demolition and rebuild of single storey rear utility area and erection of larger, replace…
3/38/23/002
2023 Approved
8 Staple Close, West Quantoxhead, Williton, Taunton, TA4 4DF
Demolition and rebuild of single storey rear utility area and erection of larger, replace…
3/38/23/002
2020 Approved
East Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Alterations to vehicle access and driveway
3/38/20/008
2020 Approved
East Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Alterations to vehicle access and driveway
3/38/20/008
2020 Approved
Highfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of a balcony and alterations to fenestration on the south elevation plus removal…
3/38/20/001
2020 Approved
Highfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of a balcony and alterations to fenestration on the south elevation plus removal…
3/38/20/001
2019 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of garden cabin
3/38/19/007
2019 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of garden cabin
3/38/19/007
2019 Approved
Plot B, Land adjacent to Staple Farm, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Approval of reserved matters following outline application 3/38/18/006 for the erection o…
3/38/19/002
2019 Approved
Plot B, Land adjacent to Staple Farm, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Approval of reserved matters following outline application 3/38/18/006 for the erection o…
3/38/19/002
2018 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of conservatory to the front elevation and sun lounge to the rear elevation
3/38/18/007
2018 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of conservatory to the front elevation and sun lounge to the rear elevation
3/38/18/007
2017 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of first floor extension and single storey ground floor extension to the south e…
3/38/17/002
2017 Approved
Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, TA4 4DE
Erection of first floor extension and single storey ground floor extension to the south e…
3/38/17/002
2016 Approved
Coppleridge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of a stone wall to the south west boundary (street frontage) (retention of work…
3/38/16/006
2016 Approved
Coppleridge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of a stone wall to the south west boundary (street frontage) (retention of work…
3/38/16/006
2016 Approved
West Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of balcony and porch to front elevation plus render over reconstituted stone fac…
3/38/16/004
2016 Approved
West Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of balcony and porch to front elevation plus render over reconstituted stone fac…
3/38/16/004
2016 Approved
Coppleridge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of a timber shed with 8 Solar panels on the roof along with a further 8 stand al…
3/38/16/002
2016 Approved
Coppleridge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, TA4 4DE
Erection of a timber shed with 8 Solar panels on the roof along with a further 8 stand al…
3/38/16/002