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Land West of St Michaels & North of A371, Cheddar Road, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26

02/25/00030Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse Planning Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to Gypsy & Traveller site to include 1No. pitch and associated works.

Submitted
12 March 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 190 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land West of St Michaels & North of A371, Cheddar Road, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 22 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation start
10 April 2026
Target decision date
2 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Wey Bank Alton Road Farnham GU10 5EL

Planning decision

Case officer
Shanta Parsons
Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Documents
102

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
  • 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, 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, 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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