Barrow Vale Farm , Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BL Data via plota.co.uk

26/03674/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of Farm Shop Unit Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

23 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 18 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 17 Nov 2026, from Bath's recent commercial and major works.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Bath and Bristol

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

Read the government guidance ↗

Public footpath about 10 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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.

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 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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 area73 m² (786 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (asset rating 90)

UseB8 Storage or Distribution

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2017, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Bath
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: BA2 0BL
Received: 23 Sept 2026
Validated: 23 Sept 2026
Ward: Clutton And Farmborough
Parish: Farmborough
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Arena Global Management Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 35 of the 56-day target. Bath usually decides commercial and major works by day 55.

prediction

Day 3521 days to the 56-day target

65%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

44decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15240818

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

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.