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Rolstone Farm Business Park West Rolstone Road Hewish

26/P/0446/CRAPrior App Part 3R agric to flexible useRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Prior approval - refuse (not PD)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the change of use of an agricultural building and its curtilage to Use Class E (commercial, business or service)

Received
27 February 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Banwell And Winscombe
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Rolstone Farm Business Park West Rolstone Road Hewish. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Banwell And Winscombe.

73% of outline applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development does not comply with all of the conditions, limitations and restrictions specified in Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) that are relevant to this development. The proposal does not, therefore, constitute permitted development and the application has therefore been refused in accordance with paragraph W(3) of the abovementioned Order. The proposal does not constitute permitted development by virtue of Class R, notably because the building is not used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit, and the floorspace of the area to change under Class R exceeds 1000sqm. The application should therefore be refused in accordance with paragraph W (3) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Prior App Part 3R agric to flexible use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Banwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
GTH
Agent address
Winchester House Deane Gate Avenue Taunton TA1 2UH

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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 3: High 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.

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