Wadbury House, Mells, BA11 3PA
Approved on 28 February 2011
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to house and ancillary buildings including demolition of modern greenhouse and covered store, construction of Orangery, restructuring and part reconstruction of existing outbuildings and alterations to existing coach house to provide improved ancillary accommodation to main house, minor alterations to hard landscaping.
- Received
- 12 December 2010
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Ammerdown
- Agent
- Simon Morray-Jones Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated13 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Wadbury House, Mells, BA11 3PA. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.
92% of full applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BA11 3PA
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mells Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 December 2010
- Consultation expiry
- 7 January 2011
- Target decision date
- 7 February 2011
- Permission expires
- 28 February 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simon Morray-Jones Architects
- Architect profile
- SIMON MORRAY-JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 21 Milsom Street Bath Somerset BA1 1DE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 January 2011
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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