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Branch Farm Branch Farm Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3RE

2026/1496/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: Approval

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) on planning consent 2026/0951/FUL

Received
5 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Council
Mendip
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Branch Farm Branch Farm Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3RE. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days 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. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BA11 3RE
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mells Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2026
Target decision date
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas
Agent address
Quad 4000 Blackbrook Business Park TAUNTON TA1 2PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15130399
Documents
10
Constraints
11

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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