The following planning matters may be relevant to the Butts Batch application. Please include only those that are relevant to your own concerns.

We have added guidance on our Have Your Say page to help residents write their own comments. This includes planning points, example wording and short phrases that can be adapted using your own local knowledge and experience.

The main planning issues residents may wish to consider include:

• Heritage and the setting of the Church of All Saints

• Agricultural land

• Ecology and biodiversity

• Sustainability

• Traffic

• Road safety

• Construction traffic and disruption

• Lack of public transport

• Active travel

• Pedestrian and cycle safety

• Flooding and drainage

• Sewage and local infrastructure

• Archaeology

• Landscape and village character

• Construction traffic and disruption
• Landscape and village character

Please use these points in your own words and explain how you believe the proposal would affect Wrington. Every individual comment helps North Somerset Council understand the issues that matter to local residents.

For more detailed guidance, visit our Have Your Say page:

www.keepwringtonaswrington.com/have-your-say

Heritage Concerns Remain

North Somerset Council's own Heritage Officer raised important concerns during the pre application stage about the impact of the current proposal on the setting of the Church of All Saints and the surrounding rural landscape.

The advice states that the development would still alter the way people appreciate and understand the church from the surrounding agricultural land that contributes to its significance within the wider setting.

It also concludes that the current layout does little to overcome the issues identified in the previous application.

This is important because the earlier Butts Batch proposal was refused and later dismissed at appeal on 25 August 2022. The Planning Inspector found that the development would harm the setting of the Church of All Saints, the character and appearance of the area, the wider landscape, views from the south and the approach into Wrington.

KWAW believes these concerns remain highly relevant. Narrow views between houses and parked cars are not the same as preserving the open rural landscape and the setting of the village.

Residents may wish to refer to heritage, landscape, the setting of the church and the character and appearance of this part of Wrington when submitting their comments.

Submit Your Comments

Planning application 26/P/0948/OUT can be viewed on the North Somerset Council planning portal.

You can search for the application and submit your comments using the application reference:

26/P/0948/OUT

https://n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/planning-building-control/planning-applications/get-involved-planning-applications/search-planning-application

About the Application

Woodstock Homes has submitted outline planning application 26/P/0948/OUT for up to 49 dwellings on land at Butts Batch, Wrington.

KWAW continues to review the application carefully and will keep residents informed as further information becomes available.

More Information Below

One of the Butts Batch fields is currently under crop, despite being shown as pasture in the developer's Design and Access Statement.

Recent photographs, taken five days apart, with the latest taken on 7 June 2026, show the field in active agricultural use. The crop has been identified as maize.

This raises questions about the accuracy of some of the information submitted with the application. The current agricultural use of the land is a relevant planning consideration.

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Earlier Background Before the Application Was Submitted

Before the formal planning application was submitted, promotional material was delivered to some households showing an illustration of proposed housing on the Butts Batch fields.

At that stage, the proposal had not been submitted to North Somerset Council and the leaflet had no formal planning status.

The situation has now changed. Woodstock Homes has submitted outline planning application 26/P/0948/OUT for up to 49 dwellings on land at Butts Batch, Wrington.

Residents who wish to comment on the application can do so through the North Somerset Council planning portal. Guidance on planning issues that may be relevant is available on our Have Your Say page.