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26/P/0550/FUL - Full Application
Approved
Proposal
Proposed retention of the timber chalet dwelling for farm manager for a 5 year period or on cessation of the farm enterprise. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
12 Mar 2026
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Approved
17 Apr 2026
Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 11
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Stableblock, Immediately South West of Leigh Court Hospital, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
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.
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- 0 mFormer Stableblock, Immediately South West of Leigh Court HospitalGrade II
- 33 mLeigh Court HospitalGrade II*
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.
Registered park or garden: Leigh Court
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Agricultural land, grade 1
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. A site survey can differ.
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 107 m away: Avon Gorge Woodlands
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 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.
SSSI about 107 m away: Avon Gorge 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.
National infrastructure project about 751 m away: Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1
The site is about 751 m from the project boundary. Railway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 12 m away: Deciduous woodland; Tree preservation order about 21 m away: Leigh Court Hospital, Pill Road, Abbots Leigh..
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 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.
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Important details
- Council
- North Somerset
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- BS8 3RA
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 12 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Pill
- Parish
- Abbots Leigh
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 7 May 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- LPC (Trull) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 36 days from validation, 20 days faster than North Somerset's median of 56 for agricultural works. Approved, as 82% of agricultural works here are.
This one36d
Council56d
UK44d
61%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
33decided in the last year
Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by North Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. North Somerset decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 12 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 7 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Sycamore - Remove 3 lowest branches and remove all deadwood. Prunus - Remove. Fallen Ash…
2025
Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3RA
Advertisement consent for the proposed installation of new non-illuminated signage follow…
2024
Approved
Land Adjacent To Clifton Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3RA
Siting of a mobile coffee cart on private land next to the Clifton Suspension Bridge
2023
Approved
Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RL
Listed Building Consent for proposed landscaping of walled garden to include creation of…
2023
Approved
Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RL
Proposed landscaping of walled garden to include creation of a stream and natural pool, e…
2023
Approved
The Courtyard Leigh Court Business Centre Pill Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RA
(G1) Group of Ash trees: Fell
2023
Approved
Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RL
Trim back various branches overhanging the roof.
2023
Approved
Orchard Cottage 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
External alterations to doors/fenestration to the south-east elevation of the building. C…
2022
Approved
Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RL
Listed building consent for new landscaping within courtyard of stable block including in…
2022
Approved
Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RL
New landscaping within courtyard of stable block including installation of statue, new wa…
2021
Approved
Myrtle Cottage Pill Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RA
T1 - Ash - Fell due ash dieback
2020
Approved
Leigh Court Farm Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
Retention of timber chalet dwelling for farm manager for a 5 year period or on cessation…
2019
Approved
Leigh Court Farm Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
T844, T847, T850, T851, T853 - Fell
2019
Approved
Leigh Court Activity Centre Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
T824 (Tag number ) - Sycamore - fell tree to monolith at 3m, T825 - Beech - Fell Tree, T8…
2017
Approved
Myrtle Cottage Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol North Somerset BS8 3RA
A1 ash - up to 2m reduction in height and up to 2m reduction of lower western lateral bra…
2017
Approved
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Demolition of existing bungalow (C3 use). Construction of new single storey building cont…
2017
Approved
Leigh Court Business Centre Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
Various tree work (including felling)- see application for details
2016
Refused
Myrtle Cottage Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Erection of a two storey side extension with single storey front extension
2016
Withdrawn
Stable Block Leigh Court Estate Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Change of use from offices (B1) to a family club for pre-school children (D1). Alteration…
2016
Withdrawn
Stable Block Leigh Court Estate Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Change of use from offices (B1) to a family club for pre-school children (D1). Alteration…
2016
Refused
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Demolition of existing bungalow (C3 use). Construction of new single storey building cont…
2019
Approved
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Request to discharge condition 5 in relation to planning application 17/P/1233/F
2019
Approved
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
Request to discharge condition 6 in relation to planning application 17/P/1233/F
2018
Approved
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
Request to discharge condition 4 relating to application 17/P/1233/F.
2018
Approved
The Orchard 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3RA
Request to discharge condition 3 in relation to application 17/P/1233/F.
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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North Somerset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #137 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #134 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #96 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #88 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
135 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,139
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026
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