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Shepton Mallet Crematorium Old Wells Road Croscombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA5 3RR

2023/2255/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Additional car parking and car park lighting

Received
22 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Shepton Mallet Division
Agent
LF Architecture Ltd
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Shepton Mallet Crematorium Old Wells Road Croscombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA5 3RR. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Shepton Mallet Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BA5 3RR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Croscombe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2023
Target decision date
17 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
LF Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
L.F. ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
LF Architecture Ltd Monkyn Pyn Thornwell Road Wilmington East Sussex BN26 6RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12418481
Documents
18
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

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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