Planning application
Beeches Farm Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for prior notification of agricultural development for a proposed building.
As published by the council, reference 2025/1776/AGB
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1776/AGB
- Type
- Agricultural Notification Proposed Build
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 31 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Mendip South Division
- Parish
- Batcombe Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA4 6BZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
-
2025/1895/APP Granted
Beeches Farm Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Approval of details reserved by condition 8 (Construction Management Plan) on planning consent 2025/0876/FUL (Erection of 6 new-build dwellings to replace the 9 dwellings approved under prior approval consent 2024/1765/PAA).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
30 Sep 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
-
31 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
-
9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 31 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About less common application types
This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Beeches Farm Cockpit Lane Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Erection of 6 new-build dwellings to replace the 9 dwellings approved under prior approval consent 2024/1765/PAA.
Granted Full applications New dwelling 60 docsSeveral homes -
Beeches Farm Lodge Farm Lane To Haygrove Lane Wanstrow Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Approval of details reserved by condition 10 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) on planning consent 2025/0876/FUL
Granted Conditions 12 docs -
Beeches Farm Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Approval of details reserved by condition 8 (Construction Management Plan) on planning consent 2025/0876/FUL (Erection of 6 new-build dwellings to replace the 9 dwellings approved under prior approval consent 2024/1765/PAA).
Granted Conditions New dwelling 7 docsSeveral homes -
Beeches Farm Cockpit Lane Batcombe Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Application for a non-material amendment to permission 2025/0876/FUL (Erection of 6 new-build dwellings to replace the 9 dwellings approved under prior approval consent 2024/1765/PAA).
Granted Amendments New dwelling 9 docsSeveral homes -
Beeches Farm Lodge Farm Lane To Haygrove Lane Wanstrow Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6BZ
Formation of new field access and stopping up of existing field access at Beeches Farm
Granted Full applications 14 docs
Other less common application types
In Exmoor National Park
-
26/02376/AGN Awaiting decision
Land Off Gibbs Lane From Eastfield Lane Barrington Ilminster Somerset
Application for prior notification for the erection of an agricultural storage building to replace the dilapidated current structure
-
26/02370/AGN Awaiting decision
Building At Freshmoor Fresh Moor Road Combe St Nicholas Chard Somerset
Application for prior notification for the erection of roofing over existing yards
-
50/26/00073 Granted
Lime Kiln Farm, Lime Kiln Lane, Wedmore, BS28 4PR
Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed construction and excavation of an area of hardstanding to be utilised as an ancillary farmyard, to serve the applicant's existing agricultural operations.
-
2026/1867/AGB Awaiting decision
Beechbarrow Farm Bristol Road Hillgrove Wells Somerset BA5 3EL
Extension of existing agricultural barn
-
26/02197/AGN Granted
The Spinney Langport Road Fivehead Taunton Somerset TA3 6PT
Application for prior notification of agricultural development for the erection of an agricultural building for the storage of machinery and equipment, hay and feed.