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Lower Street Chewton Mendip Radstock Somerset

2026/0293/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of the pole mounted transformer on pole no. 16ADC4, including the replacement of the existing 50kVa transformer with 200kVa transformer. Move the existing transformer approximately 65m into a neighbouring field The new location of the transformer will be at pole no. 16ADC3 (Grid Ref: 359757,153361). The existing 10m Medium pole will be replaced by a 10m Stout H pole and two stay wires will be installed. Approximately 45m of underground low voltage cable will be installed and run to an existing pole. Removal of the redundant pole and the overhead HV conductors. Upgrade approximately 370m of low voltage overhead network along Lower Street, Chewton Mendip, BA3 4GP. Replace the open 4 wire conductors with a singe Arial Bundled Cable (ABC). Poles and stay wires will be replaced like for like if it is deemed necessary to support the new overhead conductors.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lower Street Chewton Mendip Radstock Somerset. Mendip has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Chewton Mendip conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Mendip Hills Division.

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

Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chewton Mendip Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Chewton MendipPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chewton HillOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Mendip HillsPart of the site

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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, 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

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© 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.

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