Launcherley Farm New Road Launcherley Shepton Mallet Somerset BA5 1QJ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1510/FUL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Demolition of agricultural building with Class Q approval and erection of new self-build dwelling & carport & change of use of agricultural land to ancillary residential use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 7 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 77.

The consultation period closed on 9 Sept 2026.

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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 305 m away: Twinhills Woods and Meadows SSSI; Priority habitat 43 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 area526 m² (5,662 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (38 out of 100), could reach E
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
BuiltPre-1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsGranite or whin, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2008, 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
BA5 1QJ
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Salmon Planning Company

Decision outlook

Day 77, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Mendip are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 11 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 7721 days past the 56-day target
53%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
82decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15139739
Planning Portal ref
PP-15139739
Comments by
9 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

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.