Westdown Quarry, Whatley, Frome, BA11 3LF Data via plota.co.uk

SCC/3838/2021/ROMP/conds6e&6k Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 6 (e) Dust Action Plan and 6 (k) Lighting Scheme in relation to application number Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
24 Jun 2026
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Approved

Approved on · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE_SCC-3838-2021-ROMP-CONDS6E&6K_Unsigned 329kb Document · 2108-20-26 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT_SCC-3838-2021-ROMP-CONDS6E&6K_Unsigned 181kb Document · 2108-20-26 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Rep - Ecology - 22/07/2026 - Redacted 87kb Document · 2207-20-26 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF UK0039086 - Westdown Quarry Dust Action Plan V1 Redacted 6019kb Document · 2506-20-26 View ↗ PDF Westdown Site Layout Plan 1248kb Document · 2506-20-26 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted 270kb Document · 2506-20-26 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF A85m45 (Lighting Strategy) 751kb Document · 2506-20-26 View ↗ PDF Rep Environmental Health Officer 14-08-2026_Redacted 82kb Document · 1408-20-26 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Somerset
Postcode
BA11 3LF
Received
24 Jun 2026
Validated
24 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Approved
Applicant
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Agent
Nienke Pengelly

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022
Whatley Quarry Whatley Frome Somerset BA11 3LF
Scoping Opinion
SCC/3927/2022/SCO
2019 Approved
Whatley Quarry, Holes Lane to Railford Hill, Whatley, Frome BA11 3LF
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SCC/3659/2019(2019/2905/CNT)
Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#100 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #88 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Somerset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #161 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #117 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #88 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #143 of 296
78%
Minor dwellings approved
699 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
77 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
158 decided
3,740
Total decisions
438 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings