The Forge House Dark Lane North Wootton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4AQ
Approved on 11 October 2021
Council decision: Development is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a certificate of lawful existing development for the stationing of a twin-unit caravan and a shepherd hut within residential garden to provide ancillary accommodation.
- Received
- 21 July 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Croscombe And Pilton (Historic)
- Agent
- Whiteacre Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation26 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided11 Oct
Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Forge House Dark Lane North Wootton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4AQ. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.
76% of amendment 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 4AQ
- Application type
- Certificate of Use Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North Wootton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 August 2021
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Whiteacre Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- The Hollies Cabbage Lane Horsington Templecombe BA8 0DA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10055403
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20206 May
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (Bat Box), 13 (Surface Water Drainage), 14 (Foul…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2020/0920/APP - 202019 Mar
Application to vary condition 2 (plans list) of planning approval 2019/1813/FUL
Approval with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)2020/0617/VRC - 201925 Jul
Redevelopment of Existing Workshop with a 3 Bedroom Dwellinghouse, along with Conversion & Extension of…
Approval with ConditionsFull Application2019/1813/FUL
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- Whiteacre Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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