Chestnut House, OLD COACH ROAD, LOWER WEARE, AXBRIDGE, BS26 2JB Data via plota.co.uk

49/26/00008 - Full Planning Permission Refused
New homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Construction of 2 No. new dwellings on the site of an existing caravan and camping ground. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
13 May 2026
✗
Refused
30 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 30 Jul 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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
Inside the Lower Weare built-up area; Priority habitat about 14 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; Open access land about 33 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 6 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 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
Sedgemoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BS26 2JB
Received
13 May 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Parish
Weare
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refuse Planning Permission
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Berrow Development Consultancy Ltd, 3 Chilcrofts Orchard

How this decision compares

Decided in 78 days from validation, 12 days slower than Sedgemoor's median of 66 for new homes. Refused, as 19% of new homes here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
109decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Sedgemoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Sedgemoor decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
1 Jun 2026
Comments by
30 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
The Laurels, Old Coach Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Removal of boundary hedgerow adjacent to the highway and replace with a 1.8m high brick w…
49/23/00006
2023 Approved
The Laurels, Old Coach Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Removal of boundary hedgerow adjacent to the highway and replace with a 1.8m high brick w…
49/23/00006
2022
Newland Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of an agricultural building.
21/22/00020
2022
Newland Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of an agricultural building.
21/22/00020
2022 Approved
Roseland House, Old Coach Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Erection of single storey front (East) extension to existing outbuilding.
49/22/00005
2022 Approved
Roseland House, Old Coach Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Erection of single storey front (East) extension to existing outbuilding.
49/22/00005
2021 Approved
Mainway, Turnpike Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of a detached self build dwelling and detached garage.
49/21/00009
2021 Approved
Mainway, Turnpike Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of a detached self build dwelling and detached garage.
49/21/00009
2019 Approved
Spindles, Old Coach Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Conversion and extension of detached garage into annex accommodation.
49/19/00014
2019 Approved
Spindles, Old Coach Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Conversion and extension of detached garage into annex accommodation.
49/19/00014
2017 Approved
Rose Bay, Turnike Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed siting of a mobile home to be used as ancillar…
49/17/00007
2017 Approved
Rose Bay, Turnike Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed siting of a mobile home to be used as ancillar…
49/17/00007
2017 Approved
Newland Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Creation of new access track and enlargement of existing entrance onto the A38
21/17/00002
2017 Approved
Newland Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Creation of new access track and enlargement of existing entrance onto the A38
21/17/00002
2017 Approved
Newland Farm, Turnpike Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of livestock building.
21/17/00001
2017 Approved
Newland Farm, Turnpike Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of livestock building.
21/17/00001
2017 Approved
Yeo Bridge Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Extension of Gypsy site Erection of three dayrooms
21/16/00011
2017 Approved
Yeo Bridge Farm, Cross Moor Drove, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Extension of Gypsy site Erection of three dayrooms
21/16/00011
2016 Approved
Mainway, Turnpike Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of two storey extension to rear (SE) elevation and installation of two dormer wi…
49/16/00006
2016 Approved
Mainway, Turnpike Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JE
Erection of two storey extension to rear (SE) elevation and installation of two dormer wi…
49/16/00006
2016 Approved
Spindles, Old Coach Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Erection of porch to East elevation, single storey extensions to West, North and South el…
49/16/00001
2016 Approved
Spindles, Old Coach Road, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JB
Erection of porch to East elevation, single storey extensions to West, North and South el…
49/16/00001