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Summerhill Summerhill Lane West Compton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4PD

2023/0903/PAFPrior App CoU Agricult. to Flexible UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of use of an agricultural building to Use Class B8 (Storage or Distribution).

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip South Division
Agent
Salmon Planning Company
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Summerhill Summerhill Lane West Compton Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4PD. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Mendip South Division. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 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
BA4 4PD
Application type
Prior App CoU Agricult. to Flexible Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pilton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2023
Consultation expiry
12 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2023
Target decision date
14 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Salmon Planning Company
Architect profile
SALMON PLANNING COMPANY LIMITED
Agent address
Salmon Planning Company 2 Priory Road Wells BA5 1SY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
12 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12170814
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • SSSI: Friar's Oven SSSIPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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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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