CORNERWAYS, Church Street, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3RF Data via plota.co.uk

17/26/00037 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of barn from residential to office use, erection of side extension to East elevation, and installation of 3No. rooflights to North elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church Farm House and Church Farmhouse, Grade II*, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 7 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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Historic England ↗
Cheddar conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Scheduled monument about 67 m away: Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
National landscape about 66 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 2; Flood defence about 32 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Cheddar built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £190,000 in March 2004. Detached house, freehold.

3 March 2004£190,000

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

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Important details

Council
Sedgemoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BS27 3RF
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Parish
Cheddar
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Shattock Associates, Cliff View House

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 16 days faster than Sedgemoor's median of 53 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 Aug 2026
Comments by
17 Sept 2026

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