Conduit Farm Wells Road Rodney Stoke Cheddar Somerset BS27 3UU Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0961/PAA - Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential Approved

Proposal

Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse (Class C3) with associated operational development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Hillview Cottage, Grade II, about 0 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 2. 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.
Public footpath about 21 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 8 m away: Mendip Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
National nature reserve about 356 m away: Mendip; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 356 m away: Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins SSSI; Priority habitat about 19 m away: Traditional orchard.
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 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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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Prior App CoU Agricult. to Residential
Postcode
BS27 3UU
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
Rodney Stoke Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required and Given
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Salmon Planning Company

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 12 days slower than Mendip's median of 37 for agricultural works. Approved, as 64% of agricultural works here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
95decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Mendip in the last twelve months, from validation. Mendip decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14250478
Planning Portal ref
PP-14250478
Comments by
17 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No