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26/P/0305/S73 - Section 73 - vary/remove conditions Approved

Proposal

Section 73 application to amend condition 1 (plans) attached to permission (Reserved matters application for appearance pursuant to outline permission (Outline application for redevelopment of Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate entailing demolition and site clearance; construction of 38 No. dwellings (class C3) and 450sq.m offices (class E) in 2 No. buildings. Associated works including internal road network, car parking, drainage, open space and play area. Full details provided for access, layout, scale and landscaping. Matters of appearance reserved for subsequent approval) for 37no dwellings and 335.1 sq.m of commercial floorspace (Use Class E). To allow for an amendment to the southern elevation of house type 4C by adding a bolt on balcony to the first floor bedroom in leiu of the previously approved Juliet balcony. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

11 Feb 2026

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Approved

6 May 2026

Approved on 6 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Associated applications 3

Part of

OutlineApproved21 Dec 2021council archive
- Reserved matters19 May 2022archive
  Conditions 1 varied
  - VariationSection 73 application to amend condition 1 (plans) (Reserved matters application…This application11 Feb 202626/P/0305/S73

Site constraints 5

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 3b

Not 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 4. 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 1

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 ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 1273 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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: North Somerset
Application type: Section 73 - vary/remove conditions
Postcode: BS40 5GF
Received: 11 Feb 2026
Validated: 11 Feb 2026
Ward: Wrington
Parish: Wrington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 May 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 6 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 4 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Somerset

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#83 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) 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

North Somerset decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #137 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #134 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #96 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #88 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

135 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

52 decided

1,139

Total decisions

128 refused in the year to March 2026