Land to the South of, Townsend Farm, Townsend, Axbridge, BS26 2AJ
Refused on 13 November 2015
Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a solar farm (4.9MW) (14.2 Hectares), landscaping and associated infrastructure including underground cables for a temporary period of 25 years.
- Submitted
- 18 September 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land to the South of, Townsend Farm, Townsend, Axbridge, BS26 2AJ. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.
97% of full applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BS26 2AJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Axbridge
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2015
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2016
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Savills Smiths Gore York House Blackbrook Business Park Taunton, Somerset TA1 2PX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 146
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Axbridge
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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
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© 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.
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Source: Sedgemoor
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