Caravan And Camping Site The Brook House Inn Station Road To Snagg Lane Ditcheat Shepton Mallet Somerset Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0448/CLP - Certificate of Proposed Use/Development Approved

Proposal

Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for the proposed use of the land as a mixed use of a public house and a caravan site for the siting of touring caravans occupied for the purposes of human habitation including as a person's sole or main place of residence. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Mar 2026
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Approved
28 Apr 2026

Approved on 28 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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

Council
Mendip
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use/Development
Postcode
BA4 6QB
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
6 Mar 2026
Ward
Mendip South Division
Parish
Ditcheat Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 May 2026
Decision
Development is Lawful
Decision date
28 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
E.P.D.C.S.

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. 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-14752699
Planning Portal ref
PP-14752699
Statutory expiry
1 May 2026
Env. assessment
No