Sleight Farm , Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01561/FUL - Full Application Approved
AgriculturalChange of useDemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of 5 replacement dwellings following grant of prior approval for the change of use of agricultural buildings to form 5 No. dwellings () with associated operational development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Apr 2026
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Validated
13 May 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

  • Full26/01561/FULThis application
    Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of 5 replacement dwellings following grant of prior approval…
  • Prior approvalcouncil archive

Site constraints 8

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sleight Farmhouse, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Public footpath about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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 Enhancement Zone 2
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
Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £3,000,000 in November 2021. Other property, freehold.

11 November 2021£3,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area258 m² (2,777 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (21 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil, Boiler and radiators, wood pellets
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2020, 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
Full Application
Postcode
BA2 0HN
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
Timsbury
Parish
Timsbury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
PERMIT
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Whiteacre Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 127 days from validation, 71 days slower than Bath's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 91% of changes of use here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
101decided in the last year

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-14861322

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Demolition of blockwork barn with metal sheet roof.
25/04464/DEM
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 3 (Ecological and Bat Mitigation Scheme (pre-commencement)) of app…
25/03387/COND
2025 Approved
Erection of single storey extension and internal alterations following demolition of exis…
25/02567/FUL
2025 Approved
Erection of a single storey rear extension and internal alterations following demolition…
25/00986/LBA
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 7 of application 23/01268/ADCOU (Prior approval request for change…
25/02417/COND
2025 Refused
Non-Material Amendment to application 23/01268/ADCOU (Prior approval request for change o…
25/00988/NMA
2025 Approved
Change of use of two agricultural buildings to a Flexible Commercial Use
25/00584/PACOU
2024 Approved
Erection of single storey extension and internal alterations following demolition of exis…
24/00602/FUL
2024 Approved
Erection of single storey extension and internal alterations following demolition of exis…
24/00603/LBA
2024 Approved
Formation of a farm track.
24/00330/FUL
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 2 of application 22/03472/FUL (Alterations to existing access onto…
24/00354/COND
2023 Withdrawn
Creation of a farm track.
23/03461/AGRN
2023 Approved
Prior approval request for change of use from agricultural buildings to 5no. Dwellings (U…
23/01268/ADCOU
2022 Approved
Alterations to existing access onto Hayeswood Road.
22/03472/FUL
2022 Withdrawn
Internal and external alterations for the erection of a part two storey, part single stor…
22/03473/LBA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved
Sleight Farm, Hayeswood Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HN
Installation of a 12m slim-line lattice tower, 3no antennas, 2no microwave dishes and 2no…
16/05818/TEL
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.