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Barns Northwest Of May Cottage East Woodlands Road East Woodlands Frome Somerset BA11 5LY

2020/0508/PAAPrior App CoU Agricult. to ResidentialRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 April 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received
3 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Beckington And Selwood (Historic)
Agent
Orme Ltd
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barns Northwest Of May Cottage East Woodlands Road East Woodlands Frome Somerset BA11 5LY. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BA11 5LY
Application type
Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Selwood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2020
Consultation expiry
30 March 2020
Consultation start
5 March 2020
Consultation end
26 March 2020
Last date for comments
31 March 2020
Target decision date
22 April 2020
Decision issued
16 April 2020
Permission expires
16 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Orme Ltd
Architect profile
ORME LTD
Agent address
Mill Farm Barns Tuckers Lane Baltonsborough Glastonbury Somerset BA6 8RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
50 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 March 2020
Site notice end
30 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
20
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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Mendip

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