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Over Compton, Vicarage Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HL

21/19/00015Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 12 August 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to residential to facilitate the erection of residential outbuilding. Erection of a single storey to the rear (SE) elevations

Submitted
10 March 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 155 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Over Compton, Vicarage Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HL. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 17 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 2HL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Compton Bishop

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2020
Consultation start
28 July 2020
Target decision date
12 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Collier Reading Architects Coach House Studio 34A Chamberlain Street Wells BA5 2PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
155 days

Additional information

Documents
40

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

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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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