Harborne House, Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HB Data via plota.co.uk

21/26/00001 - Full Planning Permission Withdrawn
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Removal of Condition 3 of Planning Permission Application No. (Conversion of loft to form living accommodation including raising wall by 1.5m and roof ridge by 0.5m, installation of dormer windows to front and rear elevations, also conversion of loft to existing single storey to form living accommodation with dormer windows to front and rooflights to rear elevation, erection of conservatory to side elevation, conversion of outbuilding to form ancillary accommodation). to allow for the annex to be used as a separate unit of accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jan 2026
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Withdrawn
23 Mar 2026

Withdrawn on 23 Mar 2026 · Last checked 20 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

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.
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.
Special area of conservation about 208 m away: Mendip Limestone Grasslands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
SSSI about 208 m away: Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill SSSI; Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 1422 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection.
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 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.

Building

Floor area90 m² (969 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (70 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 4 habitable rooms
Built2003 to 2006
HeatingElectric underfloor heating
WallsSandstone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2026, 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
Sedgemoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BS26 2HB
Received
27 Jan 2026
Validated
27 Jan 2026
Parish
Compton Bishop
Case officer
Show
Decision
Withdrawn (after registration)
Decision date
23 Mar 2026
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
29 Jan 2026
Comments by
7 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021
Conversion of outbuilding loft space to form additional living accommodation, including r…
21/21/00029
2021
Conversion of outbuilding loft space to form additional living accommodation, including r…
21/21/00029
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
26 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HB
Retention of change of use to domestic land and proposed erection of a double fronted gar…
21/23/00013
2023 Approved
26 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HB
Retention of change of use to domestic land and proposed erection of a double fronted gar…
21/23/00013
2017 Approved
24 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Erection of a single storey extension to rear (SW) elevation, erection of a two storey ex…
21/17/00004
2017 Approved
24 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Erection of a single storey extension to rear (SW) elevation, erection of a two storey ex…
21/17/00004
2017 Approved
Harborne House, Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Installation of roof light and ground floor window to east elevation, revised gable end a…
21/17/00003
2017 Approved
Harborne House, Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Installation of roof light and ground floor window to east elevation, revised gable end a…
21/17/00003
2016 Approved
24 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed erection of building to form d…
21/16/00001
2016 Approved
24 Church Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, BS26 2HB
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed erection of building to form d…
21/16/00001

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.