The Poplars, Wells Road, Latcham, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4SA Data via plota.co.uk

50/26/00057 - Full Planning Permission Pending

Proposal

Full Planning for the erection of a new machinery store. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 26 Nov 2026, from Sedgemoor's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 26 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 6

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: Traditional orchards
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Southville Farmhouse, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Somerset Coast, Levels and Moors; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 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 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
Sedgemoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BS28 4SA
Received
2 Oct 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Parish
Wedmore
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
LSL Architecture Ltd, The Octagon

Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. Sedgemoor usually decides agricultural works by day 27.

Day 2630 days to the 56-day target
80%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
85decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Comments by
26 Nov 2026