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Land Directly East Of Somerton Door Farm Somerton Door Drove Somerton Somerset TA11 6JN

26/01217/EIASSEIA Screening and Scoping RequestDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 15 June 2026

Council decision: EIA Not Required

Proposal

Screening Opinion (Regulation 6) for the proposed construction, operation, maintenance and eventual decommissioning of up to a 20MW Solar Farm, comprising the construction of solar panels mounted on metal frames, inverters, auxiliary transformer, substation, storage container, DNO substation, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, landscaping, temporary construction compound and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated site works

Received
27 May 2026
Council
South Somerset
Ward
SOMERTON
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 19 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land Directly East Of Somerton Door Farm Somerton Door Drove Somerton Somerset TA11 6JN. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across SOMERTON. We hold 738 applications in total for the TA11 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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Application details

Postcode
TA11 6JN
Application type
EIA Screening and Scoping Request
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Somerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2026
Target decision date
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neo Environmental
Agent address
Spaces 8th Floor The Programme Building The Pithay Bristol BS1 2NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett 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

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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