Stowey Mead, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00502/REM - Removal of conditions Refused
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Removal of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of application to allow for the site to benefit from permitted development rights (Conversion of the Henry Strachie Studio into a dwelling (Resubmission)) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Feb 2026
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Refused
20 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Aug 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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.

Building

Floor area188 m² (2,024 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (69 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone, with internal insulation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Bath
Application type
Removal of conditions
Postcode
BS39 5TH
Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
10 Feb 2026
Ward
Chew Valley
Parish
Stowey Sutton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hill Reading Architects

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14670262

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Highbanks, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Permission in Principle for the erection of 2no dwellings following demolition of existin…
25/00872/PIP
2023 Approved
Highbanks , The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Non Material Amendment to application 19/04398/FUL (Erection of single storey residential…
23/02577/NMA
2023 Refused
Highbanks , The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Construction of residential annexe in accordance with planning permission 19/04398/FUL (C…
23/00293/CLEU
2022 Approved
Highbanks, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Discharge of condition 2 of application 19/04398/FUL (Erection of single storey residenti…
22/04313/COND
2020 Approved
The Old Vicarage, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
External works to include replacement and extension of an existing area of patio to the w…
20/04839/LBA
2020 Approved
The Old Vicarage, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Replacement and extension of an existing area of patio to the west of the dwelling and th…
20/04838/FUL
2019 Approved
Highbanks, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Erection of single storey residential annex
19/04398/FUL
2017 Approved
Highbanks, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TH
Installation of porous-surfaced tennis court.
17/06072/FUL
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #17 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #26 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #236 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #199 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
172 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,817
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.