The Old Chapel Steps Lane To Old School Laverton Frome Somerset BA2 7QZ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0316/HSE - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of replacement surface water drainage system and replacement sewage treatment system with foul drainage alterations, including some new rainwater goods. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Feb 2026
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Validated
5 Mar 2026
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Approved
30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Documents 21

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Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Chapel Cottage Former Baptist Chapel, Minister's House (Chapel Cottage), Forecourt Walling, Railings and Gate
List entry 1058714 · 0 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II*)
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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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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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, 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 £350,000 in March 2017. Detached house, freehold.

31 March 2017£350,000

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
Householder Application
Postcode
BA2 7QZ
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Parish
Hemington Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Aquatech Drainage Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 147 days from validation, 96 days slower than Mendip's median of 51 for householder applications. Approved, as 90% of householder applications here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
241decided in the last year

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Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 6 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14666376
Planning Portal ref
PP-14666376
Comments by
10 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.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use