Newbury Manor School Tinkers Lane Newbury Frome Somerset BA11 3RG Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1165/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of play equipment. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II* listed: Newbury House
List entry 1175636 · 0 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area996 m² (10,721 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 118)
UseC2 Residential Institutions - Residential schools
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BA11 3RG
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
Mendip Central And East Division
Parish
Coleford Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Alder King Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 13 days faster than Mendip's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

40%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
155decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Mendip in the last twelve months, from validation. Mendip decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15021177
Planning Portal ref
PP-15021177
Comments by
14 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.