Hanging Grove Farm Buildings Barrow Lane Winford BS40 8AA Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/0395/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion and change of use of 3no. buildings (including partial demolition of one building) to storage (B8) use and the erection of 1no. new building for storage and distribution (B8) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Feb 2026
✓
Approved
20 Apr 2026

Approved on 20 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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
Inside the Winford (North Somerset) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BS40 8AA
Received
24 Feb 2026
Validated
24 Feb 2026
Ward
Winford
Parish
Winford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
20 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Greenslade Taylor Hunt

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
91decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by North Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. North Somerset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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