Commerce Park Service Station Southgate Frome Somerset BA11 2RY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Provision of Hot Food-to-Go Operator (Class Sui Generis) within the Sales Building, Provision of Toilet Extension and Associated Works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 20

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Bristol). 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.
Survey report ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Frome built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Council
Mendip
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BA11 2RY
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
16 Mar 2026
Ward
Frome North Division
Parish
Berkley Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
11 May 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
JMS Planning & Development Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Mendip's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 66% of changes of use here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
81decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14776341
Planning Portal ref
PP-14776341
Comments by
1 May 2026
Statutory expiry
11 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

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