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Downside Abbey and School, Stratton on the Fosse BA3 3RH

2011/0536Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 May 2011

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Internal refurbishment of parts of the listed building with the creation of new doorways, the removal of the existing 'link' and the creation of glazed external porch and lobby.

Received
4 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Ashwick, Chilcompton And Stratton
Agent
NVB Architects
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a porch at Downside Abbey and School, Stratton on the Fosse BA3 3RH. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,601 applications in total for the BA3 postcode area.

83% of heritage 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
BA3 3RH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stratton On The Fosse Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2011
Consultation expiry
18 March 2011
Target decision date
29 April 2011
Permission expires
23 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
NVB Architects
Agent address
Rook Lane Chapel Bath Street Frome Somerset BA111DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 March 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2011
    6 Jul

    Approval of details reserved by condition 2 (joinery) and 3 (schedule and sample of materials) of Listed…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2011/1718
  2. 2011
    4 Mar

    Internal refurbishment of parts of the listed building with the creation of new doorways, the removal of the…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsHeritage2011/0536

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