The Old Granary, Rookery Farm, Roemead Road, Green Ore, Wells BA5 3ES

2011/2361Householder ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 23 November 2011

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of an indoor pool and associated works.

Received: 20 September 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mendip
Ward: Chewton Mendip And Ston Easton

ReceivedReceived20 Sep
ValidatedValidated29 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Nov
DecidedDecided23 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Granary, Rookery Farm, Roemead Road, Green Ore, Wells BA5 3ES. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

93% 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: BA5 3ES
Application type: Householder Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chewton Mendip Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 September 2011
Target decision date: 24 November 2011
Permission expires: 23 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Benjamin + Beauchamp
Agent address: Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects The Borough Studios The Borough Wedmore Somerset BS28 4PA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
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 (21)

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, 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.

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Source: Mendip

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