Church Farm Church Street Coleford Frome Somerset BA3 5NG Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0440/PAF - Prior App CoU Agricult. to Flexible Use Approved

Proposal

Prior Approval for Change of Use of Agricultural Building to operate as small-scale pottery and artist studio (Class E) (amended 18.03.2026) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Mar 2026
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Validated
5 Mar 2026
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Approved
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Vicarage, Grade II, about 31 m from the postcode pin · 3 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 ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Coleford (Somerset) built-up area; Priority habitat about 38 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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 1

Last sold for £605,000 in November 2021. Other property, freehold.

25 November 2021£605,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Prior App CoU Agricult. to Flexible Use
Postcode
BA3 5NG
Received
4 Mar 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Parish
Coleford Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Apr 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required and Given
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
White Horse Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 15 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

Comments by
11 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Apr 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.