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Agricultural Barn At Higher Farm Bodden Lane Bodden Shepton Mallet BA4 4PU

2019/2542/PAAPrior App CoU Agricult. to ResidentialRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 December 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and for associated operational development.

Received
17 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Cranmore, Doulting And Nunney (Historic)
Agent
Langdon Partnership Ltd
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Barn At Higher Farm Bodden Lane Bodden Shepton Mallet BA4 4PU. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

77% of outline 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 4PU
Application type
Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Doulting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2019
Consultation start
7 November 2019
Target decision date
24 December 2019
Decision issued
17 December 2019
Permission expires
17 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Langdon Partnership Ltd
Agent address
Mendip Court Bath Road Wells Somerset BA5 3DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
1

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.

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.

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