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  • Application Number: 51/25/00016
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Application Registered:
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14/06/2025
Application Decided:
17/06/2025

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Type:
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Location:
Wembdon Farm, Hollow Lane, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2BD
Proposal:
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 1 No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and associated building operations.
Case Officer:
Freya Harvey
Registered Date:
15/05/2025
Applicant:
Mr C Rowe
Applicant Address:
Wembdon Farm Hollow Lane Wembdon Bridgwater TA5 2BD
Agent:
Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Winchester House
Agent Address:
Winchester House Deane Gate Avenue Taunton TA1 2UH
Consultation Start Date:
15/05/2025
Earliest Decision Date:
14/06/2025
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Prior Approval Approved
Decision Date:
17/06/2025

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans listed in schedule A. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
2
Due to the current and historical agricultural use of the proposed site, a full contaminated land investigation including any asbestos containing material (ACM) is required. (1)INVESTIGATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT No development shall commence until an investigation and risk assessment of the nature and extent of contamination on site and its findings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This assessment shall be undertaken by a competent person, and shall assess any contamination on the site, whether or not it originates on the site. The assessment shall consider all previous uses and shall be conducted in accordance with the Environment Agency's 'Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM)'. The assessment and written submission shall include: (i) a survey of the nature, extent and significance of any contamination; (ii) an assessment of the potential risks to: • human health, • property (existing or proposed) including buildings, crops, livestock, pets, woodland and service lines and pipes, • adjoining land, • groundwaters and surface waters, • ecological systems, • archaeological sites and ancient monuments; (iii) an appraisal of remedial options, and proposal and justification for the preferred option(s). Reason: In order to ensure that the land is suitable for the intended uses and to ensure that the development can be carried out safely without unacceptable risks to workers, neighbours and other offsite receptors and in accordance with sections 11 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework. This is a condition precedent because the works comprising the development have the potential to uncover harmful contamination. Therefore these details need to be agreed by submission of an assessment report before work commences in addition to any assessment provided with the planning application. This condition does not restrict commencement of enabling works provided that these may be demonstrated to be entirely for the purposes of ground investigations deemed necessary to inform the risk assessment. (2)SUBMISSION OF A REMEDIATION SCHEME No development shall commence (other than agreed works required to carry out investigations) until a detailed remediation scheme (if required under con to bring the site to a condition suitable for the intended use by removing unacceptable risks to human health, controlled waters, ecological systems, buildings and other property and sites of historical interest, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, unless the findings of the approved investigation and risk assessment concludes that a remediation scheme is not required. The scheme shall include: (i) all works to be undertaken; (ii) proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria; (iii) timetable of works and site management procedures and where the site is to be developed in phases, a phasing plan identifying any specific protection measures; (iv) where required, a monitoring and maintenance programme to monitor the long-term effectiveness of the proposed remediation and a timetable for the submission of reports that demonstrate the effectiveness of the monitoring and maintenance carried out. (v) where required, additional contingency measures designed to safeguard future users and receptors The remediation scheme shall be designed to ensure that the site will not qualify as contaminated land under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in relation to the intended use of the land after remediation. The development shall not commence until the approved remediation scheme has been carried out, excepting those works required to carry out remediation, or in accordance with the approved timetable of works. Reason: In order to ensure that the land is suitable for the intended uses and to ensure that the development can be carried out safely without unacceptable risks to human health, controlled waters and other offsite receptors and in accordance with sections 11 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework. This is a condition precedent because the works comprising the development have the potential to uncover or affect pathways for harmful contamination. Therefore these details need to be agreed before work commences. (3)VERIFICATION REPORTING No occupation shall commence, or where the site is subject to an already approved phasing plan, there shall be no occupation of any part of each phase, until a verification report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, unless the findings of the approved investigation and risk assessment has confirmed that a remediation scheme is not required. The verification report shall confirm that the approved remediation has been completed and demonstrate the effectiveness of the remediation carried out. Reason: In order to ensure that the land is suitable for the intended uses and to ensure that the development can be carried out safely without unacceptable risks to workers, neighbours and other offsite receptors and in accordance with sections 11 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework. (4)REPORTING OF UNEXPECTED CONTAMINATION In the event that contamination which was not previously identified is found at any time when carrying out the approved development, it shall be reported in writing immediately to the Local Planning Authority and further development works shall cease unless alternative arrangements have been first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. An investigation and risk assessment shall be undertaken and where remediation is necessary, a revised remediation scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The revised scheme shall thereafter be implemented as approved. The requirements of this condition shall also apply if other circumstances arise during the development, which require a reconsideration of the approved remediation scheme. Reason: In order to ensure that the land is suitable for the intended uses and to ensure that the development can be carried out safely without unacceptable risks to human health, controlled waters and other off-site receptors and in accordance with Policies D24 and D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan and section 11 and 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework. NPPF s.184: Where a site is affected by contamination or land stability issues, responsibility for securing a safe development rests with the developer and/or landowner.
3
The application has not provided sufficient information about how foul sewage from the proposed development is to be dealt with. Before the use hereby permitted commences, a written scheme for the disposal of foul waste shall be submitted to the local planning authority. No part of the development shall be brought into use until the drainage system has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme. Reason: To minimise any risk of harm to human health and the environment.
4
Development shall not take place except in strict accordance with section 4 of the approved Ecological Assessment Report (dated April 2025). The mitigation measures shall not be subsequently altered without the express permission of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the strict protection of European protected species and in accordance with policy D20 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

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