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Manor Farm Dairy Pound Lane Downhead Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4LG

2026/0409/AGBAgricultural Notification Proposed BuildApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed fodder store

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Agent
Symonds and Sampson LLP
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Manor Farm Dairy Pound Lane Downhead Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4LG. Mendip has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker 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. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BA4 4LG
Application type
Agricultural Notification Proposed Build
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downhead Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Symonds and Sampson LLP
Agent address
2 Court Ash BA20 1HG Yeovil Somerset BA20 1HG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14731290
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
14

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.

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