Land East Of Lipyeate Farm Lipyeate Cross To Luckington Cross Coleford Frome Somerset
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for Screening Opinion: Ground mounted solar farm.
- Received
- 10 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Mendip Central And East Division
- Agent
- Gravis Planning
- ReceivedReceived10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land East Of Lipyeate Farm Lipyeate Cross To Luckington Cross Coleford Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 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.
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
- Application type
- EIA Screen Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Coleford Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gravis Planning
- Agent address
- Gravis Planning 14-18 Hill Street Edinburgh EH2 3JZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
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.
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