Eastfield Dairy Farm Eastfield Lane North Perrott Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7SW Data via plota.co.uk

26/00097/AGN - Agricultural notification 28 days Approved

Proposal

Notification of intent to erect an Agricultural Storage Building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 Jan 2026

Approved on 20 Jan 2026 · Delegated (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

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 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 3. 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 restricted byway 26 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
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Agricultural notification 28 days
Postcode
TA18 7SW
Received
16 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Ward
COKER
Parish
North Perrott
Target decision
13 Feb 2026
Decision
Permission not required
Decision date
20 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Luscombe Maye

How this decision compares

Decided in 4 days from validation, 22 days faster 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 →

Public comments

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Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14486975
Planning Portal ref
PP-14486975
Statutory expiry
13 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No