The Old Cow Shed Laurel Farm Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1DX Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/1007/FUH - Full permission - Householders Approved
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Proposed siting of Ground-Based PV panels West of the dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION (FUH) APPROVE Decision Notice · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF NORTH SOMERSET OFFICER REPORT Delegated Report · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 14 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF WINSCOMBE & SANDFORD PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS Town/Parish Council Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOS Application Photo · 14 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Mendip Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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.
National nature reserve 178 m away: Mendip
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
1 listed building within 150 m.
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
North Somerset
Application type
Full permission - Householders
Postcode
BS25 1DX
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Banwell And Winscombe
Parish
Winscombe And Sandford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 95% of householder applications here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
256decided in the last year

Plota live figures for householder applications decided by North Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. North Somerset decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Listed building consent for replacement of existing single glazed timber windows with dou…
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2020 Approved
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2018 Approved
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North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Somerset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #137 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #134 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #96 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #88 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
135 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,139
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings