Whitchurch Farm Hay Street Ston Easton Radstock Somerset BA3 4DW Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1419/AGB - Agricultural Notification Proposed Build Approved

Proposal

An extension to cover existing open yard Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Jul 2026
Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade II* listed: Whitchurch Farmhouse
List entry 1345104 · 1 m from the pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 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
Priority habitat 25 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Mendip
Application type
Agricultural Notification Proposed Build
Postcode
BA3 4DW
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Mendip Hills Division
Parish
Ston Easton Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required and Given
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Ian Judd and Partners

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 29 days faster than Mendip's median of 52 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 93% of commercial and major works here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
28decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Mendip in the last twelve months, from validation. Mendip decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15108171
Env. assessment
No