Glebe House, Vicarage Lane, Compton Bishop, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2HL Data via plota.co.uk

21/26/00009 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 & 3 of Planning Permission (Erection of single storey side (SW) extension including alterations to existing roof and internal reconfigurations. Also with the installation of first floor rear (NW) dormer window and replacement of detached garage door.) to incorporate elevational changes with the addition of a new chimney to match the existing chimneys, as well as the removal of windows in the location of a new wood burning appliance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 Jul 2026

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Approved

29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

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Part of

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Conditions variation sought for 2, 3
- VariationVariation of Conditions 2 & 3 (Erection of single storey side (SW) extension…This application22 Jul 202621/26/00009

Site constraints 8

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 5. 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 92 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.

SSSI about 92 m away: Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Scheduled monument about 233 m away: Picken's Hole; Priority habitat about 46 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 24 September 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 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.