Land to the West of, Kennel Lane, Webbington, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 Data via plota.co.uk

21/26/00008 - Full Planning Permission Approved
New homes

Proposal

Erection of 2No. self-build semi-detached dwellings & alterations to an existing vehicular access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

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.
National infrastructure project about 190 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection
The site is about 190 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, about 127 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Special area of conservation about 147 m away: Mendip Limestone Grasslands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 147 m away: Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National landscape about 117 m away: Mendip Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Parish
Compton Bishop
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
15 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Paul Martin Associates, Auster House

How this decision compares

Decided in 112 days from validation, 46 days slower than Sedgemoor's median of 66 for new homes. Approved, as 81% of new homes here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
109decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Jun 2026
Comments by
3 Jul 2026