Pump, Hook Lane, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective laying of track and yard, bund creation, positioning of two containers and the change of use of land from agricultural to mixed use for agricultural and the seasonal rearing of game birds and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Bath Planning Committee on 2 Sept 2026.
Approved by 6 votes to 2
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal supported rural business diversification without unacceptable impacts on character, highways, ecology or neighbours.
- The parish council and residents raised concerns about traffic, pollution, landscape, biodiversity and the nature and scale of the use.
- The committee rejected refusal on highway grounds, then granted permission by six votes to two, with one abstention.
Source: Plota analysis of Bath's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.
Site constraints 5
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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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How this decision compares
Decided in 175 days from validation, 119 days slower than Bath's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 91% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bath in the last twelve months, from validation. Bath decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14701043
Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
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