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The Forge Cottage Dark Lane North Wootton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4AQ

2023/0149/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 24 March 2023

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application to remove conditions 3 (holiday accommodation occupancy and ancillary use (compliance), 4 (operation of holiday let (compliance) of planning approval 2019/1813/FUL.

Received
30 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Croscombe And Pilton (Historic)
Agent
Wright Consult Ltd
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to remove a condition at The Forge Cottage Dark Lane North Wootton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4AQ. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days 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.

94% of conditions 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
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Wootton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2023
Consultation expiry
9 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2023
Target decision date
27 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wright Consult Ltd
Architect profile
WRIGHT CONSULT LTD
Agent address
Bay Tree Cooks Lane West Cranmore Somerset BA4 4RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 March 2023
Site notice end
9 March 2023

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3323389
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 February 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11882887
Documents
17
Constraints
6

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

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.

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  1. 2023
    30 Jan

    Application to remove conditions 3 (holiday accommodation occupancy and ancillary use (compliance), 4…

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  2. 2021
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    WithdrawnFootpath DiversionRelated2021/0324/FOOT
  3. 2020
    6 May

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (Bat Box), 13 (Surface Water Drainage), 14 (Foul…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2020/0920/APP
  4. 2020
    19 Mar

    Application to vary condition 2 (plans list) of planning approval 2019/1813/FUL

    Approval with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)2020/0617/VRC
  5. 2019
    25 Jul

    Redevelopment of Existing Workshop with a 3 Bedroom Dwellinghouse, along with Conversion & Extension of…

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationPart of2019/1813/FUL

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