Pumping Station, Ham Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, Data via plota.co.uk

26/02738/COND - Discharge of Condition Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 7 (Landscape Design Proposals) of application 25/03884/FUL (Change the land use of the area surrounding Bishop Sutton SPS from agricultural to Wessex Water operational land. Extend the existing site boundary by an area of approximately 320m2 to the west. Install features within and in land adjacent to the site extension to include below ground storage tank, access covers, manholes, and below ground pipework associated with the new storage tank, extension of 13m to the existing tanker parking area, roadside control kiosk with dimensions 3.1m L x 0.5m W x 2.1m H on reinforced concrete base slab, relocation of existing generator with dimensions 5m L x 1.5m W x 2.25m H and fuel tank with dimensions 1.6m L x 1m W x 1.5 H, 1.8m high chain-link security fence surrounding the new site boundary, 1.2m high single leaf heavy duty field gate for access to adjacent planting area, temporary removal of a 5m section of hedgerow to increase the size of the existing access into the site north of Bishop Sutton SPS to facilitate construction vehicle access and area of light duty stone covering the remaining area of the site extension) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jul 2026
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Approved
12 Aug 2026

Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

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Associated applications 5

Site constraints 8

Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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) 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.
Special protection area about 188 m away: Chew Valley Lake
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 8 m away: Mendip Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
SSSI about 188 m away: Chew Valley Lake SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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.

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Important details

Council
Bath
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Chew Valley
Parish
Stowey Sutton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Condition Discharged/Obligation
Decision date
12 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wessex Water

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15098579
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #17 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #26 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #236 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #199 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
172 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,817
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings