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Withywood Farm Withy Wood Lane Cranmore Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4QR

2024/1226/AGBAgricultural Notification Proposed BuildApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of a new timber cladded barn (description amended 22.07.2024)

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Agent
Hill Reading Architects
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Withywood Farm Withy Wood Lane Cranmore Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4QR. Mendip has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Mendip Central And East Division. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 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
BA4 4QR
Application type
Agricultural Notification Proposed Build
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wanstrow Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Target decision date
8 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hill Reading Architects
Architect profile
HILL READING ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Hill Reading Architects Coach House Studio 34A Chamberlain Street Wells Somerset BA5 2PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13219111
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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