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Beechbarrow Barn Haydon Drove Haydon Wells Somerset

2026/0119/CLPCertificate of Proposed Use/DevelopmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Development is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for: works have commenced on 2023/0610/VRC (Change of use from agricultural to equestrian and conversion of barn to mixed use of equestrian and residential Use C3).

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Beechbarrow Barn Haydon Drove Haydon Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer 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.

77% of outline 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 3LB
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use/Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14639997
Documents
9
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Mendip

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