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Hearne House Batchpool Lane Horsington Templecombe Somerset BA8 0EJ

25/01039/PAMBPA COU from Agri to DwellingsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use and conversion of existing agricultural building to form 1 No. dwelling.

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKMOOR VALE
Agent
Whiteacre Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 159 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Hearne House Batchpool Lane Horsington Templecombe Somerset BA8 0EJ. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 17 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across BLACKMOOR VALE. We hold 297 applications in total for the BA8 postcode area.

88% of outline applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The submitted Flood Risk Assessment does not adequately demonstrate that the occupiers would be safe from flooding for the lifetime of the development through the provision of an appropriate safe refuge in an event of flooding, nor have adequate flood resistance and resilience mitigation measures been proposed within the design. Accordingly, the development would be vulnerable to flooding risks on the site, to the contrary of Q.2 (1) (d) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended) and Policy EQ1 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006-2028)

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA8 0EJ
Application type
PA COU from Agri to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horsington

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whiteacre Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Hollies Cabbage Lane Horsington Templecombe BA8 0DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13965276
Comments
0
Documents
29

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

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.

Source: South Somerset

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