Manor Farm Ashington Lane Chilton Cantelo Yeovil Somerset BA22 8ED Data via plota.co.uk

26/00379/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

To construct a cow track for cattle movement across the farm (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Feb 2026
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Validated
4 Mar 2026
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Approved
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Middle Farmhouse, With the Attached Dairy Cottage, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 4 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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Historic England ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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) 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.
Public footpath about 24 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.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 68 m away: Church of St Vincent.
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 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
BA22 8ED
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
4 Mar 2026
Ward
CASTLE CARY
Parish
Chilton Cantelo
Target decision
29 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted with Conditions
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
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Agent
Arimis Architectural Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 14 days slower than South Somerset's median of 26 for agricultural works. Approved, as 99% of agricultural works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
110decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14710937
Planning Portal ref
PP-14710937
Statutory expiry
29 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No