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Rookery Farm Roemead Road Green Ore Wells Somerset BA5 3ES

2019/1063/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 July 2019

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extension of existing outdoor manege.

Received
24 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
Chewton Mendip And Ston Easton (Historic)
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Rookery Farm Roemead Road Green Ore Wells Somerset BA5 3ES. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 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
BA5 3ES
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chewton Mendip Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2019
Consultation expiry
11 July 2019
Consultation start
12 June 2019
Consultation end
10 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
12 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
3 July 2019
Last date for comments
11 July 2019
Target decision date
30 July 2019
Decision issued
26 July 2019
Permission expires
26 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Orchard Cottage Broadway Edington Bridgwater Somerset TA7 9JL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 June 2019
Advertisement expiry
11 July 2019
Site notice start
17 June 2019
Site notice end
8 July 2019

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
  • 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, 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

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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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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