1 Mendip Edge Cottages Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG Data via plota.co.uk
26/P/0553/FUH - Full permission - Householders
Approved
Proposal
Proposed siting of pre-fabricated summerhouse Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
12 Mar 2026
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Validated
31 Mar 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026
Approved on 20 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 9
Mendip 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.
Loxton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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.
National infrastructure project about 447 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection
The site is about 447 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, about 187 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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 3; Scheduled monument about 238 m away: Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard; SSSI about 441 m away: Shiplate Slait SSSI; Priority habitat about 41 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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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Important details
- Council
- North Somerset
- Application type
- Full permission - Householders
- Postcode
- BS26 2XG
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Banwell And Winscombe
- Parish
- Loxton
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 26 May 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 20 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, 4 days faster than North Somerset's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.
This one50d
Council54d
UK55d
76%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
443decided in the last year
Plota live figures for extensions decided by North Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. North Somerset decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 7 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 26 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
East Wing Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
T1 Monterey Cypress - rear garden - fell to ground level and replace
2025
Approved
East Wing Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
T4- Copressus Macrocarpa - Fell.
2025
Approved
Walnut Tree House Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Demolition of existing conservatory and proposed erection of a single storey rear extensi…
2025
Approved
The Old Barn Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Group 1. x 2 Aesculus hippocastanum -Reduce by 1m. Group 2 . x 7 Leylandii - Fell to grou…
2025
Approved
The Gables Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
T1 is an Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra) - Fell
2024
Refused
The Gables Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
T1- fell
2024
Refused
The Gables Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
T1- fell
2024
Approved
Manor Court Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Proposed installation of 11no. solar panels to the rear elevation roof and removal of the…
2023
Approved
The Old Granary Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Proposed replacement of north and east existing external doors and proposed erection of 1…
2021
Decided
The Coach House Christon Road Loxton North Somerset BS26 2XG
T1 - Poplar - Height reduction by up to 6-8m to reduce crown loading and balance form
2021
Decided
The Coach House Christon Road Loxton North Somerset BS26 2XG
T1 - European Lime - reduce height by 3-4m and lateral spread by 2-3m.
2021
Withdrawn
North Barn Court Farm Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Application to remove condition 12 (holiday let use) attached to planning permission 10/P…
2020
Approved
1 Mendip Edge Cottages Christon Road Loxton Axbridge BS26 2XG
Leyland Cypress (T1) - fell
2020
Approved
Christon Cottage Christon Road Loxton Axbridge BS26 2XG
G1 - Leylandii - Fell. G2 - Cordyline Australls - Fell. T3 - Sycamore - Fell
2020
Approved
Walnut Tree House Christon Road Loxton Axbridge BS26 2XG
T1 - Apple - Fell
2019
Approved
The Old Barn Christon Road Loxton Axbridge BS26 2XG
Erection of first floor balcony on rear elevation of main house and erection of outbuildi…
2017
Approved
Barn A Court Farm Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Change of use of property from holiday let to one dwelling.
2017
Approved
Barn A Court Farm Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Change of use of property from holiday let to residential.
2017
Approved
St Andrews Church Church Lane Loxton BS26 2XG
T1 elm - fell; T2 yew - crown raise to 2.5m; T3 elm - fell; T4 yew - crown raise to 2.5m…
2017
Approved
Walnut Tree House Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
1 conifer and 1 ash - fell and replace with laurel hedge
2017
Approved
Penns Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Extension to end of property and replace existing conservatory with new orangery
2017
Approved
Stables Off Sevier Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Change of use of agricultural land to mixed agricultural and equestrian use including ere…
2016
Approved
South Barn Court Farm Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Proposed removal of condition no 2 of planning permission 02/P/2350/F (Proposed conversio…
2025
Approved
Walnut Tree House Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Request to discharge condition 5 ( Archaeological investigation work) on application 25/P…
2017
Approved
Stables Off Sevier Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Request to discharge condition 6 from 17/P/0280/F
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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North Somerset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #137 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #134 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #96 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #88 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
135 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,139
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026
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