Launcherley House Woodford Road Launcherley Wells Somerset BA5 1QJ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2039/FUL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Change of use of land from agriculture to tourist uses; stationing of 4no. camping pods and associated landscaping; improvements to existing access through demolition of domestic outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Dec 2026, from Mendip's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 16 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 2

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 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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 27 October 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
Full Application
Postcode
BA5 1QJ
Received
19 Oct 2026
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Land Development & Planning Consultants Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Mendip usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
53%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
82decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PLP-00012807
Comments by
16 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No