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Land At 365088 152097 Somer Lea Chilcompton Wells Somerset

2019/3014/OTAOutline - All Matters ReservedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 March 2020

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved for further consideration for the erection of 7 number dwellinghouses with highway accesses derived off Somer Lea.

Received
18 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
46
Council
Mendip
Ward
Ashwick, Chilcompton And Stratton (Historic)
Agent
Della Valle Architects
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land At 365088 152097 Somer Lea Chilcompton Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,601 applications in total for the BA3 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
BA3 4HE
Application type
Outline - All Matters Reserved
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chilcompton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2019
Consultation expiry
9 March 2020
Consultation start
17 February 2020
Consultation end
9 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
30 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
20 January 2020
Last date for comments
5 March 2020
Target decision date
12 February 2020
Decision issued
11 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Della Valle Architects
Architect profile
DELLA VALLE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Lake View Charlton Estate Shepton Mallet BA4 5QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 January 2020
Site notice end
27 January 2020

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08148835
Documents
44
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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