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26/03317/VAR - Application for Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 21 (Approved Plans) of (Temporary installation of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with battery storage along with continued agricultural use, ancillary infrastructure and security fencing, landscaping provision, ecological enhancements and associated works) Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

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Received

1 Sept 2026

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Approved

19 Oct 2026

Approved on 19 Oct 2026 · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Part of

Full8 May 2025council archive

Conditions variation sought for 7, 21
- VariationVariation of conditions 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 21 (Approved Plans)This application1 Sep 202626/03317/VAR

Site constraints 4

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: Network Expansion Zone

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

Coalfield, development low risk area.

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 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: Application for Variation of Condition
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Ward: Midsomer Norton North
Parish: Midsomer Norton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Dec 2026
Decision: PERMIT
Decision date: 19 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-14773213

Bath

Planning Authority Score

4.8/10

Below average

#157 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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