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Land Centred Coordinates 374993 149559 Buckland Lane Great Elm Frome Somerset

2025/2077/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to campsite, consisting of 2 Shepherd Huts, 2 yurts or safari tents, one cabin, four tent pitches & small utility building.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Centred Coordinates 374993 149559 Buckland Lane Great Elm Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Mendip Central And East Division.

92% 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Elm Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Target decision date
26 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13228526
Documents
22
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by condition 8 (Tree/Hedgerow Protection Plan) and 10 (External Lighting) on…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0445/APP
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Change of use from agricultural land to campsite, consisting of 2 Shepherd Huts, 2 yurts or safari tents, one…

    This applicationApprovedFull2025/2077/FUL

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