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  • Application Number: 32/25/00011
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Application Registered:
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07/02/2026
Application Decided:
05/03/2026

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Type:
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Location:
Land to the South of, Main Road, West Lyng, Taunton, Somerset, TA3
Proposal:
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 4 No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and associated building operations.
Case Officer:
Graham Northern
Registered Date:
12/01/2026
Applicant:
Mr & Mrs Besley
Applicant Address:
Prockters Farm West Monkton Taunton Somerset TA2 8QN
Agent:
Stags, 5 Hammet Street
Agent Address:
5 Hammet Street Taunton Somerset TA1 1RZ
Consultation Start Date:
16/01/2026
Earliest Decision Date:
07/02/2026
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Prior Approval Refused
Decision Date:
05/03/2026

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
The proposal fails to provide safe and suitable vehicular access to the dwellings as required under Class Q.2(1)(i). Vehicular access is obstructed by a pedestrian only bridge, preventing residents, visitors, delivery vehicles, waste collection vehicles and critically emergency services from reaching the dwellings. The Highway Authority has confirmed that a passing place is required on the access track to avoid vehicle conflict; however, this cannot be delivered because the red line boundary does not include the length of the track where such works are required, making the necessary mitigation physically unachievable within the application site. The access route itself comprises a long, unmade agricultural track of questionable suitability for domestic vehicles. Together, these constraints result in unacceptable transport and highway safety impacts.
2
Under Class Q.2(1)(v), the LPA must consider whether the location or siting of the building makes the residential use impractical or undesirable. The dwellings are physically severed from vehicular access by a pedestrian only bridge, meaning essential residential functions such as waste collection, deliveries, day to day servicing, and emergency response cannot be realistically or safely achieved. Residents would be required to manually transport waste across an agricultural track and footbridge, and emergency services would be unable to reach the dwellings in the event of an incident. Given these constraints, the site cannot function as a dwellinghouse in a sensible or realistic manner, and the resulting harm to amenity and safety renders the development both impractical and undesirable.

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