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2026/2003/CLE - Certificate of Use Existing Registered
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of existing development of erection of self-contained dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 10 Dec 2026.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF PL5754 001 LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL5754 010 EXISTING FLOOR PLANS AS BUILT Drawing · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL5754 020 EXISTING ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS AS BUILT Drawing · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL5754 002 EXISTING SITE PLAN AS BUILT Drawing · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PL5753-5754-5755 001 LAND OWNERSHIP Drawing · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SIGNED STATUTORY DECLARATION - REDACTED Report · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Mendip Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath 12 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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 4. 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 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
SSSI 361 m away: Chancellor's Farm SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 23 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £301,000 in March 2008. Terraced house, freehold.

25 March 2008£301,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area212 m² (2,282 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (57 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Certificate of Use Existing
Postcode
BA5 3BP
Received
15 Oct 2026
Validated
15 Oct 2026
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
Parish
Priddy Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Salmon Planning Company

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15290317
Planning Portal ref
PP-15290317
Statutory expiry
10 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Land At 352279 151941 Townsend Priddy Wells Somerset
Change of use from agricultural to siting of a mobile home to provide a temporary accommo…
2023/1989/FUL
2023 Approved
Land At 352279 151941 Townsend Priddy Wells Somerset
Change of use from agricultural to siting of a mobile home to provide a temporary accommo…
2023/1989/FUL
2019 Approved
Caravan Park Mendip Heights Townsend Priddy Cheddar BA5 3BP
Proposed new detached equipment storage shed, extension and modification of gas storage c…
2019/1761/FUL
2019 Approved
Caravan Park Mendip Heights Townsend Priddy Cheddar BA5 3BP
Proposed new detached equipment storage shed, extension and modification of gas storage c…
2019/1761/FUL
2019 Approved
Townsend Lane Priddy Wells
Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed building.
2019/0136/AGB
2019 Approved
Townsend Lane Priddy Wells
Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed building.
2019/0136/AGB
2016 Approved
Caravan Park Mendip Heights Townsend Priddy Cheddar BA5 3BP
Proposed storage extensions to shower / laundry block and new detached storage shed.
2016/2738/FUL
2016 Approved
Caravan Park Mendip Heights Townsend Priddy Cheddar BA5 3BP
Proposed storage extensions to shower / laundry block and new detached storage shed.
2016/2738/FUL

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.