Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: June 24, 2025

Purpose:

Content: To refuse permission against officer recommendation and to delegate to the Chair and Lead Planning Officer to finalise the wording of the refusal reasons.   The final wording agreed by the Chair and Lead Planning Officer was: The proposed signage, by reason of its siting in a visually prominent countryside location would not harmonise with its surroundings and would be harmful to the visual amenity of the area in which it would be situated. The proposed advertisements are thereby contrary to the provisions of both Policy D3 of the Taunton Deane Adopted Site Allocations and Development Management Plan (2016) and Paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), which are material considerations in the determination of this application. (Voting 6, For, 2 Against, 2 Abstentions)