Upper Tunnel Farm , Browney Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02482/VAR - Application for Variation of Condition Pending Consideration
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Plans List) of Application (Erection of two dwellings and associated works following the demolition of existing B8 buildings.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 25 Aug 2026.

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    • VariationVariation of condition 2 (Plans List) (Erection of two dwellings and associated works…This application26/02482/VAR

Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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 Expansion Zone
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 · 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
Bath
Application type
Application for Variation of Condition
Postcode
BA2 8RD
Received
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Bathavon South
Parish
Combe Hay
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Context Planning Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15036120

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
The Lodge , Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RD
External works to re-thatch roof with water reed
25/04669/LBA
2020 Approved
The Lodge, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RD
Use of land within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for the stationing of a Shepherds Hut…
20/03251/CLPU
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