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Walnut Farm, Portmeade Drove, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2BA

02/20/00016Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 August 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of outbuilding to a self contained dwelling.

Submitted
15 July 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Walnut Farm, Portmeade Drove, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2BA. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 10 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 2BA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2020
Consultation start
31 July 2020
Target decision date
29 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cedar Lodge Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
45 days

Additional information

Documents
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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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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