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Court Farm Blatchbridge Roundabout To Frome Road West Woodlands Frome Somerset BA11 5EN

2023/0910/PAAPrior App CoU Agricult. to ResidentialApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 August 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
22 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome East Division
Agent
Wright Consult Ltd
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Court Farm Blatchbridge Roundabout To Frome Road West Woodlands Frome Somerset BA11 5EN. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Frome East Division. 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).

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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2023
Consultation expiry
7 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 August 2023
Target decision date
17 July 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12174943
Documents
14
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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© 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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