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The Grove Prestleigh Road Evercreech Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6LW

2025/2211/CLECertificate of Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Development is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Application for a existing lawful development certificate to confirm that the dwelling identified was constructed in 2003 and has been occupied as the applicants primary residence.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip South Division
Agent
Whiteacre Planning Ltd
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Grove Prestleigh Road Evercreech Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6LW. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Mendip South Division. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 6LW
Application type
Certificate of Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Evercreech Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Target decision date
3 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whiteacre Planning Ltd
Agent address
Whiteacre Planning Ltd The Hollies Cabbage Lane Horsington Templecombe BA8 0DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14540288
Documents
13
Constraints
4

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.

Source: Mendip

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