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26/00645/S19 - Sec 19 Removal/Variation LBC Condition Approved

Proposal

S19 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of approval for 'Replacement of fibre-cement sheeting with fibre-cement slate tiles due to leaks which are affecting the historic fabric of the building' to allow for roof materials to be GB-Sol PV Solar Slate tiles. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:55

Application progress

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Received

17 Mar 2026

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Validated

25 Mar 2026

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Approved

11 May 2026

Approved on 11 May 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Part of

Listed buildingApproved21 Aug 2025council archive

Conditions 2 varied
- VariationS19 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) for 'Replacement of fibre-cement sheeting…This application25 Mar 202626/00645/S19

Site constraints 5

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.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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) agrees.

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 Expansion Zone

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

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Whatley Farmhouse, and Attached Range of Barns, Grade II, about 55 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 4 with distances

55 mWhatley Farmhouse, and Attached Range of BarnsGrade II
66 mDairy CottageGrade II
67 mMilestone at Ngr St 3606 0697Grade II
94 mEast Whatley FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.