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The Old Surgery, Wick Lane, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AN

26/01050/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Addition of low-carbon technologies at the Old Surgery air source heat pump system, solar panels array and battery storage

Submitted
6 May 2026
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at The Old Surgery , Wick Lane, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AN. Bath has handled 450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Pensford conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Publow And Whitchurch. We hold 719 applications in total for the BS39 postcode area.

98% of full 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 4AN
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Pensford
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset

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, 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.

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Source: Bath

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