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Beachams Barn Iwood Farm Lane Congresbury BS40 5AQ

25/P/2379/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 February 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of land from agricultural to additional garden land for Beacham's Barn and associated works, the retrospective erection of existing workshop and the proposed erection of a home office following removal of the existing shipping containers.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Congresbury And Puxton
Agent
Tadman Planning Consultants Ltd
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Beachams Barn Iwood Farm Lane Congresbury BS40 5AQ. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Congresbury And Puxton. We hold 2,267 applications in total for the BS40 postcode area.

90% of full applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS40 5AQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Congresbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Target decision date
11 February 2026
Decision issued
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tadman Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address
14 The Glebe Timsbury Bath BA2 0LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Additional information

Documents
19

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)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: North Somerset

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