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Combe Hay Cemetery, Old Bath Road, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset

26/02989/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of new plot of land adjacent to existing cemetery to increase capacity for in-ground burials and associated works

Received
10 August 2026
Ward
Bathavon South
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Combe Hay Cemetery, Old Bath Road, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset. Bath has handled 450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across Bathavon South.

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

Application type
Full Application
Parish
Combe Hay

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Combe HayNext to the site
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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 (19)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    29 Sep

    Ash T1 - fell.

    ApprovedTree Works Notification in Con Area25/03775/TCA

Source: Bath

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