Honeygar Farm Honeygar Lane Westhay Glastonbury Somerset BA6 9TS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Proposed research and training centre comprising: (i) demolition of existing outbuildings - B, D, E, F, part P, K; (ii) erection of new buildings including single storey engagement space, laboratory and public WCs; two storey accommodation block and single storey bat building; (iii) conversion and alterations to existing buildings including farmhouse (Building A) to ground floor flat and with remainder of ground floor, first floor and second floor to ancillary workspace; Building C to ground floor canteen with commercial kitchen and first floor lounge, laundry and domestic kitchen; Building G to welcome space; Building I to lecture hall; Building J to laboratory; Building P to laboratory; Building L to workshop; and Building M to site storage; and (iv) site-wide infrastructure including alternation to vehicular access; formation of parking area; drainage infrastructure and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 203.

The consultation period closed on 1 May 2026.

Documents 148

Statements & assessments 31

PDF SENIOR ECOLOGIST Consultee Comment · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SOMERSET DRAINAGE BOARDS Consultee Comment · 26 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY Revised Report · 26 May 2026 View ↗ PDF LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED 26.05.2026 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF STRUCTURAL CONDITION STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF VISION AND BUSINESS CASE STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PDL-01 PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE LAYOUT Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PDL-03 FLOOD ZONE EXTENT Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF CONDITION ASSESSMENT SHEETS AND METHODOLOGY Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG-BL-S-5 BIODIVERSITY NT GAIN BASELINE PLAN (SOUTH) Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG-PL-H-N-1 BNG POST -INTERVENTION PLAN (HABITATS-NORTH) Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG-PL-H-S-1 BNG POST INTERVENTION PLAN (HABITATS-SOUTH) Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG-PL-HW-S-1 BNG POST INTERVENTION PLAN (HEDGEROWS AND WATERCOURSES - SOUTH) Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG STATEMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG FORM Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG -PL-HW-N-1 BNG POST INTERVENTION PLAN (HEDGEROWS AND WATERCOURSED - NORTH) Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 91

PDF BR0209-VIDA-ZZ-00-DR-E-501 REV P2 EXTERNAL LIGHTING PLAN Revised Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 1001 LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - DR - A - 6001 VISUAL - MASTERPLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 6002 VISUAL - BUILDINGS C & E APPROACH Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 6003 VISUAL - BUILDING D APPROACH Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 6004 VISUAL - BUILDING D WALKWAY Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 6005 VISUAL - BUILDING G APPROACH Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILT FORM SECTION 3 Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SECTION 4 Report · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL -01 ROAD LAYOUT & LEVELS SHEET 1 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-02 ROAD LAYOUT & LEVELS SHEET 2 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-03 ROAD LAYOUT & LEVELS SHEET 3 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-04 ROAD LAYOUT & LEVELS SHEET 4 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-07 SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS COACH AT SITE ENTRANCE Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-08 SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS COACH PARKING & PASSING POINT Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL-09 SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS FIRE TENDER Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-120 BUILDING A - EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-211 BUILDING A - EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-122 BUILDING A - EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-123 BUILDING A - EXISTING ROOF PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-130 BUILDING I, J AND P - EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-131 BUILDING I, J AND P - EXISTING ROOF PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-220 BUILDING A - EXISTING NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-221 BUILDING A - EXISTING EAST & WEST ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-230 BUILDING I, J AND P - EXISTING EAST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-231 BUILDING I, J AND P - EXISTING WEST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-232 BUILDING I AND J - EXISTING NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-233 BUILDING P - EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-320 BUILDIN A - EXISTING SECTIONS A & B Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-321 BUILDING A - EXISTINGN SECTIONS C & D Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-330 BUILDING I, J & P - EXISTING SECTION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EX-331 BUILDING I, J & P - EXISTING SECTIONS F, H & K Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-120 BUILDING A - GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-121 BUILDING A - FIRST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-122 BUILDING A - SECOND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-123 BUILDING A - ROOF PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-130 BUILDINGS I, J + P - GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-131 BUILDINGS I, J & P - ROOF PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-140 BUILDING I - GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-160 BUILDING J - GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L160 BUILDING P - GROUND FLOOR & MEZZ PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-220 BUILDING A - NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-221 BUILDING A - EAST & WEST ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-230 BUILDINGS I J P -ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-240 BUILDING 1 -EAST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-241 BUILDING 1 - SOUTH ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-242 BUILDING I - WEST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-250 BUILDING J - EAST & WEST ELEVATIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-260 BUILDING P - EAST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-261 BUILDING P - NORTH ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-262 BUILDING P - WEST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-320 BUILDING A - SECTION A Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-321 BUILDING A - SECTIONS C & E Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-340 BUILDING I - SECTION I Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-341 BUILDING I - SECTION F Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF H-361 BUILDING J - SECTION G Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-362 BUILDING J - SECTION K Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-360 BUILDING P - SECTION I Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF L-361 BUILDING P - SECTION H Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 1101 PL - SITE PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 1102 PL - SITE SECTIONS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 1103 PL - PHASING PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 00 - XX - DR - A - 1104 PL - DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 01 - XX - DR - A - 4001 BUILDING SECTION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - 00 - DR - A - 2001 BUILDING B - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - RF - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING B - PL - PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - XX - DR- A - 3001 BUILDING B - ELEV - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - XX - DR - A - 4001 BUILDING B - SEC - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - XX - DR - A - 4002 BUILDING B - SEC - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 02 - XX - DR - A - 4003 BUILDING B - AXO - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 03 - 00 - DR - A - 2001 BUILDING C & E - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 03 - 01 - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING C & E - PL -PR - L01 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 03 - RF - DR - A - 2003 BUILDING C & E - PL - PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF GLITCHED?? WEST AND EAST ELEVATION Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 04 - 00 - DR - A - 2001 BUILDING D - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 04 - RF - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING D - PL - PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 04 - XX - DR - A - 3001 BUILDING D - ELEV - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 04 - XX - DR - A - 4001 BUILDING D - SEC - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 07 - RF - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING G - PL - PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 07 - XX - DR - A - 2001 BUILDING G - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 07 - XX - DR - A - 3001 BUILDING G - ELEV - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 12 - 00 -DR - A - 2001 BUILDING L - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 12 - RF - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING L - PL -PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 12 - XX - DR - A - 3001 BUILDING L - ELEV - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 13 - 00 - DR - A - 2001 BUILDING M - PL - PR - L00 Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 13 - RF - DR - A - 2002 BUILDING M - PL - PR - RF Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 3963 - PBA - 13 - XX - DR - A - 3001 BUILDING M - ELEV - PL - PR Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PDL-02 EXISTING & PROPOSED IMPERMEABLE AREAS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 240724_LSA_015 SOFT LANDSCAPE WORKS Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 240724_LSA_020_P02 ILLUSTRATIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BR0209-VIDA-ZZ-00-DR-E-0501 SUPERSEDED 03.06.2026 EXTERNAL LIGHTING PLAN Superseded Drawing · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath 16 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.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Somerset Coast, Levels and Moors; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 20 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £977,459 in March 2022. Other property, freehold.

24 March 2022£977,459Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
10 May 2021£958,999Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area291 m² (3,132 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (27 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingElectric storage heaters
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BA6 9TS
Received
4 Mar 2026
Validated
20 Mar 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
Meare Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
PlanningSphere Ltd
Freehold owner
Show

Decision outlook

Day 203, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Mendip are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 1 Oct 2026.

Day 203147 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

2comments received
1 neutral1 supporting

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14605730
Planning Portal ref
PP-14605730
Comments by
1 May 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.