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Land North And South Of Sandys Hill Lane Frome Somerset

2026/0478/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Approval

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

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 22 (Design of Estate Roads), 23 (Emergency Vehicle Access), 26 (Ecological Lighting Design) from planning permission 2019/1671/OTS (Outline planning application (all matters are reserved apart from access and the main distributor road) comprising a mixed use development at land North & South of Sandys Hill Lane, Frome, including access off Sandys Hill Lane and the demolition of existing farm buildings/farmhouse and development incorporating up to 235 dwellings, employment floorspace within Use Classes B1(a,b,c) of up to 4,050sqm (unit sizes ranging from 140sqm to 560sqm), a Drive Thru unit of up to 170sqm (Use Class A3/A5), a food retail building of approximately 1,800sqm and a non-food retail unit of approximately 1,400sqm).

Received
10 March 2026
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome East Division
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land North And South Of Sandys Hill Lane Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Frome East Division.

94% of conditions 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
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
235
Parish
Frome Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14602874
Documents
23
Constraints
2

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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    10 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 22 (Design of Estate Roads), 23 (Emergency Vehicle Access), 26…

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    10 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by condition 12 - (Emergency Vehicle Access), 13 (EV Charging Plan) from…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2026/0479/APP

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