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Land At 378271 145463 East Woodlands Road Blatchbridge Frome Somerset

2022/2148/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 May 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 0.4 acres of agricultural land to horticulture. Installation of polytunnel and a site office/welfare unit.

Received
27 October 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
6
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome East Division
Agent
Markstone Architectural Services
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 185 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At 378271 145463 East Woodlands Road Blatchbridge Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 22 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Frome East Division.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Selwood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2022
Consultation expiry
23 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2023
Target decision date
10 January 2023
Committee meeting
29 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Markstone Architectural Services
Agent address
Markstone Architectural Services 45 Godwins Close Atworth SN12 8LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
16 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11646370
Documents
22
Constraints
7

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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© 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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