Wigmore Farm Roemead Road Chewton Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 3HH

2023/2463/AGBAgricultural Notification Proposed BuildApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 9 January 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed building - Covered Slurry Storage Tank.

Received: 21 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mendip
Ward: Mendip Hills Division

ReceivedReceived21 Dec
ValidatedValidated21 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Jan
DecidedDecided9 Jan

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Wigmore Farm Roemead Road Chewton Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 3HH. Mendip has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Mendip Hills Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

90% of all 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 3HH
Application type: Agricultural Notification Proposed Build
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chewton Mendip Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 December 2023
Target decision date: 18 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12692057
Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
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, 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.

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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.

Source: Mendip

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