Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

This site has had 9 applications since 2021: 6 approved, 0 refused.

• SCC/3787/2021/Cond15 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 15 requires that: ’No development shall take place, including ground works and vegetation clearance, until an environmental management plan (EMP:Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The EMP:Biodiversity shall include the following:- a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities b) Identification of "biodiversity protection zones", including hedgerow and tree buffer zones marked by suitable fencing or barriers, c) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features, e) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works, f) Responsible persons, lines of communication and written notifications of operations to the Local Planning Authority, g) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works or similarly competent person, h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs, i) ongoing monitoring, including compliance checks by a competent person during construction and immediately post completion of construction works The approved EMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the duration of the development strictly in accordance with the approved details’.

  Decided 24 Sep 2021 Advertising
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond22 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 22 requires that: ‘Before the commencement of the development hereby permitted the applicant, or their agents or successors in title, shall have secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) which has been submitted and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The WSI shall include details of the archaeological excavation, the recording of the heritage asset, the analysis of evidence recovered from the site and publication of the results. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.’

  Decided 22 Sep 2021 Heritage and listed buildings
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond11 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 11 requires that: ‘No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a scheme for prevention of pollution during the construction and operational phases of development has been approved by the LPA. The scheme should include details of the following: 1. Site security. 2. Fuel oil storage, bunding, delivery and use. 3 How both minor and major spillage will be dealt with. 4. Containment of silt/soil contaminated run-off. 5. Disposal of contaminated drainage, including water pumped from excavations. 6. Site induction for workforce highlighting pollution prevention and awareness. 7. Any facilities for the storage of oils, fuels or chemicals associated with this development’

  Decided 13 Sep 2021 Conditions
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond19 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 19 requires that: ‘Before the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a dust control and mitigation scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Mineral Planning Authority. The dust control and mitigation scheme shall consider: - minimising drop heights when returning waste stone to the site; - impact of wind direction on the risk of dust escaping the site boundaries towards residential properties; - frequency of visual assessments for dust, recording of the assessments and required actions; - complaint handling procedures including measures for review of the scheme in response to those complaints. The approved scheme shall be fully implemented from the time the development hereby permitted is first brought into use and shall be maintained in full for the duration of the development hereby permitted.’

  Decided 31 Aug 2021 Conditions
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond13 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 13 requires that: ‘Trees, shrubs and other plants shall be planted in accordance with the details set out the application documents within the first planting season following commencement of the development and measures for their protection in the course of the development, shall be submitted in writing for the approval of the County Planning Authority. For a period of five years following their planting the trees/shrubs shall be protected and maintained, and any trees/shrubs which die, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the following planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the County Planning Authority gives written approval to any variation’.

  Decided 23 Aug 2021 Trees
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond16 Granted

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 16 requires: ‘A biodiversity enhancement plan (BEP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of site preparation works. Photographs of installed features shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority before mineral extraction commences. The content of the BEP shall include the following: a) Two bat boxes (Schwegler 1FF) shall be installed onto mature trees at the boundaries of the site to enhance roosting opportunities. b) One no. Schwegler 1B and one no. Schwegler 2H bird boxes shall be installed onto retained trees at the boundary c) Installation of two Schwegler no 10 swallow nesting cups or similar shall be erected on to a main beam of the open-sided building near the entrance to the site at a height above three metres. d) The hedgerows on the site will be cut on a three-year rotation allowing sections to mature to a height of at least three metres following the principles set out in "How to Manage a Hedgerow for Wildlife - The Wildlife Trusts".’

  Decided 17 Sep 2021 Trees
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond12 Withdrawn

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 12 requires: ‘Details of the materials and design of any floodlighting (which shall be designed to minimise the potential nuisance from light spillage on to adjoining properties and/or surrounding highways) together with any incidental works, shall be submitted in writing for the approval of the County Planning Authority, before any works are commenced’.

  Decided 22 Jul 2021 Conditions
• SCC/3787/2021/Cond17 Withdrawn

  Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.

  Planning Application for the Extraction of White Lias Limestone at Slate Lane, West Camel, Somerset. Condition 17 requires that: ‘The applicant shall ensure that all vehicles leaving the site are in such condition as not to emit dust or deposit mud, slurry or other debris on the highway. In particular (but without prejudice to the foregoing), efficient means shall be installed, maintained and employed for cleaning the wheels of all lorries leaving the site, details of which shall have been agreed in advance in writing by the Local Planning Authority and fully implemented prior to the first removal of stone from the site and thereafter maintained until the use of the site discontinues’.

  Decided 22 Jul 2021 Conditions

1. 6 Jul 2021

   Received by Exmoor National Park

2. 22 Jul 2021

   Decision issued: Withdrawn

3. 2 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The applicant withdrew this application before Exmoor National Park decided it, and is free to submit a revised scheme at any time. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 34/26/00005 Granted

  Land to the East of, Back Lane, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7

  Application for modification of Planning Obligation (Section 106 Agreement) dated 28/07/2023 relating to Planning Permission 34/21/00008 to vary the mortgagee exclusion clause (MEC) Schedule 3 Part 5 (Mortgagee and Exercise of Other Rights).

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 2026/0230/APP Withdrawn

  Cottage Garden Leigh Street Leigh On Mendip Shepton Mallet Somerset BA3 5QQ

  Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Sample Panel - Roofing) from planning permission 2025/2241/HSE

  Received 5 Feb, published by the council 2 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 2026/1803/APP Awaiting decision

  Land North Of 30 Wells Road Wookey Hole Wells Somerset

  Approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (External Lighting) and condition 8 (Wildlife Protection and Enhancement) on consent 2023/0574/FUL.

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 2026/1792/APP Awaiting decision

  Ston Easton Park Bristol Road Ston Easton Wells Somerset BA3 4DF

  Partial approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Joinery Details) and condition 7 (Repointing - Submission of details) on Listed Building consent 2026/0683/LBC (Works to existing boiler room and workshop building including removal of existing metal ductwork, infilling on window openings and formation of new, internal alterations and construction of new flat roof canopy.)

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 26/02203/DOC1 Awaiting decision

  Penham House East Street Shepton Montague Wincanton Somerset BA9 8JJ

  Discharge of Condition No 3 (Tree Protection) of Planning Application 25/02950/HOU

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Conditions