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Cromwell Farm, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RF

25/01756/ADCOUAgriculture to Dwelling Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 July 2025

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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Proposal

Prior approval request for change of use from Agricultural Building to 1no. Dwelling (C3) and associated operational development.

Received
2 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bathavon South
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Cromwell Farm , Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RF. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across Bathavon South. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 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
BA2 8RF
Application type
Agriculture to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Combe Hay

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2025
Consultation expiry
23 July 2025
Consultation start
2 July 2025
Consultation end
23 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025
Decision issued
2 July 2025
Permission expires
2 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/O Mr Adam Kingston Sussex House Bath Road Devizes Wiltshire SN10 2AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13986906
UPRN
010023114053
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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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