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26/P/2020/FUL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from agricultural land to mixed agricultural and equestrian use. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:08

Application progress

✓

Received

30 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 25 Nov 2026, from North Somerset's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Documents 5

Statements & assessments 3

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning Statement · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL CHECKLIST Ecological report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG EXEMPTION STATEMENT Ecological report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Notices · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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.

Read the government guidance ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Bristol). 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.

Survey report ↗

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

Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 45 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 13 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: North Somerset
Application type: Full Application
Received: 30 Sept 2026
Validated: 30 Sept 2026
Ward: Backwell
Parish: Backwell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. North Somerset usually decides agricultural works by day 56.

prediction

Day 2828 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

1comment received

1 supporting

17 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 11 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 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