Dobles Farm, Tolland Road, Tolland, Bishops Lydeard Data via plota.co.uk

41/26/0001/CQ - Class Q Notification Refused

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval for proposed change of use from agricultural building into 2 No. dwelling houses (Class C3) and associated building operations at Dobles Farm, Tolland Road, Tolland, Bishops Lydeard Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
18 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
15 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 15 Apr 2026 · the Development Control Manager under delgated powers · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Public footpath about 2 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 3a
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Doble's Farmhouse, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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 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

Application type
Class Q Notification
Received
5 Feb 2026
Validated
18 Feb 2026
Parish
Tolland
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Apr 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Refusal
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
the Development Control Manager under delgated powers
Applicant
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Agent
SWORDERS

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 10 days slower than Taunton Deane's median of 46 for agricultural works. Refused, as 36% of agricultural works here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Taunton Deane in the last twelve months, from validation. Taunton Deane decision record →