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New House Farm Haybridge Hill Haybridge Wells Somerset BA5 1AJ

2023/1087/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 September 2023

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for access) for the demolition of existing farmhouse/agricultural buildings, erection of up to 50 residential dwellings, including affordable housing, green infrastructure, public open space, play area, landscape planting and sustainable drainage systems, package treatment works and new access arrangements from A371 Haybridge Hill.

Received
15 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
38
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip West Division
Agent
Armstrong Rigg Planning
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 82 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at New House Farm Haybridge Hill Haybridge Wells Somerset BA5 1AJ. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Mendip West Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BA5 1AJ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
50
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2023
Consultation expiry
27 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2023
Target decision date
14 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Armstrong Rigg Planning
Agent address
Armstrong Rigg Planning The Exchange Colworth Science Park Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 July 2023
Site notice end
26 July 2023

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3338956
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 30 August 2024Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11274351
Documents
136
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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.

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