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37/26/00065 - Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use as a Dwelling House. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Approved
19 Oct 2026

Approved on 19 Oct 2026 · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

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) 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1705 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection.
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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Sedgemoor
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Postcode
TA7 0AJ
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Parish
North Petherton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
James Venton Planning & Building Design, Wilscombe Wood Cottage

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
5 Oct 2026