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New Row Farm Yelling Mill Lane Downside Shepton Mallet BA4 4JT

2013/2517/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 February 2014

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (drawing list) of planning permission 2013/1510 granted for the installation of a solar farm including the revision the layout plan, reduce the angle of the panels, reduce the height of the panels, reduce the size of the transformer and substation buildings, omission of community of building, reduction in the plant, inclusion of meter boards, redesign of DNO building and revised deer fence elevation.

Received
11 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
Ashwick, Chilcompton And Stratton
Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 74 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at New Row Farm Yelling Mill Lane Downside Shepton Mallet BA4 4JT. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

94% of conditions applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA4 4JT
Application type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ashwick Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2013
Consultation expiry
31 January 2014
Consultation start
30 December 2013
Consultation end
20 January 2014
Neighbour consultation start
30 December 2013
Neighbour consultation end
20 January 2014
Target decision date
14 March 2014
Permission expires
25 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
Agent address
Level 4 20 Old Bailey London London EC4M 7AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 January 2014
Advertisement expiry
23 January 2014
Site notice start
10 January 2014
Site notice end
31 January 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03051014
Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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© 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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