Tanlake Farm Madgeon Lane Otterford Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3QF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00714/DOC1 - Discharge of Conditions New Awaiting decision

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions No. 4 (Bat Licence), No. 5 (Ecology), No. 6 (Lighting) and No. 8 (Nest Boxes) of Planning Application 25/03011/FUL. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Mar 2026

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Validated

1 Apr 2026

Decision

Expected by 27 May 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 27 May 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Part of

FullApproved12 Feb 202625/03011/FUL
Demolition of existing and erection of replacement agricultural building
Conditions 4, 5, 6, 8 awaiting decision
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions No. 4 (Bat Licence), No. 5 (Ecology), No. 6 (Lighting) and No. 8 (Nest…This application1 Apr 202626/00714/DOC1

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SAC

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Blackdown Hills National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Priority habitat 38 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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