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Hackmead Farm Charlton Road Holcombe Radstock Somerset BA3 5EU

2026/0418/SCREENEIA Screen OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion for solar farm (Linked to the application 2026/0407/L7PA)

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
Agent
Tylerhill Consulting
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Hackmead Farm Charlton Road Holcombe Radstock Somerset BA3 5EU. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 1,598 applications in total for the BA3 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
BA3 5EU
Application type
EIA Screen Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kilmersdon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tylerhill Consulting
Agent address
Tylerhill Consulting Ludgate House 107-111 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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