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Knoll Farm, White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PL

26/02758/SOLPASolar Photovoltaics Prior ApprovalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: Approve1 condition

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of Solar PV equipment of the roofs of non-domestic buildings.

Received
23 July 2026
Ward
Bathavon South
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Knoll Farm , White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PL. Bath has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

97% of all 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 8PL
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wellow

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/O Michael Ruddock 33 Sheep Street Cirencester GL7 1RQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15105759
UPRN
010001123673

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

Source: Bath

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