Says Court Farm Badminton Road Coalpit Heath South Gloucestershire BS36 2NY Data via plota.co.uk

P26/02409/OHLE - Overhead Lines Exempt Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to underground a section of 11kV overhead cable which runs underneath the overhead 132kV cable. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 18:24

Application progress

✓

Received

21 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

26 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 20 Dec 2026 and 29 Dec 2026, from South Gloucestershire's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Documents 4

Plans & drawings 2

IMG GOOGLE MAP SHOWING SITE LOCATION Plan · 27 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED SITE LOCATION PLAN Plan · 27 Oct 2026 View ↗

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.

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Public footpath about 15 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 2

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 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.

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Sayscourt Farmhouse, Grade II, about 26 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.

Show all 2 with distances

26 mSayscourt FarmhouseGrade II
60 mPair of Gate Piers About 10 Metres South West of Sayscourt FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

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

Checked on 27 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: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Overhead Lines Exempt
Postcode: BS36 2NY
Received: 21 Oct 2026
Validated: 26 Oct 2026
Ward: Frampton Cotterell
Parish: Westerleigh And Coalpit Heath Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Dec 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 2 of the 56-day target. South Gloucestershire usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 57.

prediction

Day 255 days to the predicted decision (day 57)

50%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by South Gloucestershire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Gloucestershire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 7 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

South Gloucestershire

Planning Authority Score

2.8/10

Poor

#239 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

South Gloucestershire ranks #178 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. South Gloucestershire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 83% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

South Gloucestershire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #210 of 296

83%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #263 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #178 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #195 of 296

75%

Minor dwellings approved

220 decided (1-9 homes)

93%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

84%

Change of use approved

105 decided

1,585

Total decisions

245 refused in the year to March 2026