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Church Farm, Church Lane, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NW

16/05973/ADCOUAgriculture to Dwelling Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 February 2017

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval request for change of use from agricultural storage to single storey dwelling (C3)

Received
7 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clutton
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Church Farm, Church Lane, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NW. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 719 applications in total for the BS39 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS39 4NW
Application type
Agriculture to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chelwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2016
Consultation expiry
2 February 2017
Consultation start
7 February 2017
Consultation end
2 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
7 February 2017
Target decision date
7 February 2017
Permission expires
7 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Adam Lodge Francis House The Avenue Combe Down Bath BA2 5EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 December 2016
Site notice start
12 January 2017

Additional information

UPRN
010001144535
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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