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Walnut Tree Farm, Heath House, Wedmore, BS28 4UJ

50/24/00094Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 February 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 1 No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3).

Submitted
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 61 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Walnut Tree Farm, Heath House, Wedmore, BS28 4UJ. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 4 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 84 applications in total for the BS28 postcode area.

94% of outline 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
BS28 4UJ
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wedmore

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation start
20 January 2025
Target decision date
22 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ivinghoe Plud Street Wedmore BS28 4BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Walnut Tree FarmhouseOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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© 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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