Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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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 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 1284 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection; Priority habitat 25 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.

Not affected

Not green belt · 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 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: Full Application
Received: 10 Sept 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: Banwell And Winscombe
Parish: Banwell
Target decision: 5 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: GTH

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. North Somerset usually decides agricultural works by day 56.

prediction

Day 2927 days to the 56-day target

61%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by North Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. North Somerset decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

18 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 21 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Somerset

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#83 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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