Barn In Parcel 8966, North Hill Farm, The Hollow, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, Data via plota.co.uk

26/03856/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of a two storey detached dwelling following demolition of the existing barn, resurfacing of the existing track and change of use of the land from agricultural to residential. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 03:16

Application progress

✓

Received

5 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 29 Nov 2026 and 7 Dec 2026, from Bath's recent changes of use.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

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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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: Lowland calcareous grassland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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

Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 2 m away: Lowland calcareous grassland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 17 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: Bath
Application type: Full Application
Received: 5 Oct 2026
Validated: 5 Oct 2026
Ward: Bathavon South
Parish: Dunkerton & Tunley Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: TEA Architects

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Bath usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 2333 days to the 56-day target

54%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

101decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15267252

Bath

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#157 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

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

Bath decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

95%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #17 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #26 of 296

50%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #236 of 296

46%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #199 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

172 decided (1-9 homes)

86%

Major dwellings approved

7 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

26 decided

1,817

Total decisions

96 refused in the year to March 2026