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Court Farm West Woodlands Frome BA11 5EN

2014/2326/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 February 2015

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Ground-based photovoltaic solar farm, access, grid connection and grid connection cable, substations, and associated works.

Received
6 November 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Council
Mendip
Ward
Beckington And Selwood
Agent
Parker Dann Limited
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Court Farm West Woodlands Frome BA11 5EN. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 8 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.

93% of full 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
BA11 5EN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Selwood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2014
Consultation expiry
7 January 2015
Consultation start
9 December 2014
Consultation end
6 January 2015
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2014
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2014
Target decision date
19 February 2015
Decision issued
24 February 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parker Dann Limited
Agent address
Suite S10 Waterside Centre North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 December 2014
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2015
Site notice start
17 December 2014
Site notice end
7 January 2015

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03736783
Documents
14
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    25 Aug

    Re-routing of access tracks to and within the solar farm approved under 2014/2326/FUL

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationRelated2017/2334/FUL
  2. 2015
    23 Oct

    Application for a non-material amendment following grant of planning permission 2014/2326/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2015/2621/NMA
  3. 2015
    22 Sep

    Application for a non-material amendment sought for alterations to the substation, the fence line and…

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendment2015/2271/NMA
  4. 2015
    21 Sep

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (landscape scheme), 7(external materials), 9…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/2199/APP
  5. 2014
    6 Nov

    Ground-based photovoltaic solar farm, access, grid connection and grid connection cable, substations, and…

    This applicationRefusedFull2014/2326/FUL

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