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Land At 345817 141632 Glastonbury Road Meare Glastonbury Somerset

Granted Exmoor National Park 2026/0226/OHL Overhead Electricity Lines

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

The refurbishment of the pole mounted transformer on pole no. 21SAN3A, including the replacement of the existing 50kVa transformer with 100kVa transformer. The existing 11.5m Medium pole will be replaced by a 11.5m. The existing stay wire will also be replaced. Two overhead spans of LV cable will also be replaced (see attached plan) but the existing poles and stay wires will be retained. The works will be accessed via a field gate opposite 3 Glastonbury Road, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SN (Grid ref SW345854,141645) with all works being carried out after April 2026.

As published by the council, reference 2026/0226/OHL

Application record

Reference
2026/0226/OHL
Type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: No Objection
Received
4 Feb 2026
Validated
4 Feb 2026
Decided
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Mendip West Division
Parish
Meare Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Feb 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 4 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What this grant of permission means

Exmoor National Park granted permission on 4 March 2026, 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.

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