4 High Green Easton Wells Somerset BA5 1EG Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0308/HSE - Householder Application Refused

Proposal

First-floor extension including rear dormer, ground-floor rear extension and garage conversion. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
16 Feb 2026
Refused
30 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 26

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape 38 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.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Easton House, Grade II, 57 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Easton (Somerset) built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, 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 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
Mendip
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
BA5 1EG
Received
16 Feb 2026
Validated
16 Feb 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
30 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hill Reading Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 20 days slower than Mendip's median of 53 for extensions. Refused, as 11% of extensions here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
300decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Mendip in the last twelve months, from validation. Mendip decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14689679
Comments by
16 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No