Walcombe Farm House, Walcombe Lane, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AG
Approved on 5 November 2012
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsWard Member
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Proposal
Erection of garage and log store.
- Received
- 2 February 2012
- Decision level
- Ward Member
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- St Cuthbert Out North
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 277 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Walcombe Farm House, Walcombe Lane, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AG. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 277 days, 33 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,945 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 3AG
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 9 February 2012
- Target decision date
- 29 March 2012
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eric H Potter
- Agent address
- Woolsery Tyning Timsbury Bath BA2 0HG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 February 2012
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills
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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201523 Dec
Change of use to regularise the use of existing workshop and office to B1 business (no external alterations).
Approval with ConditionsFull Application2015/3086/FUL - 20134 Mar
Application to replace planning permission for conversion of stables to three number holiday units. (App…
Approval with ConditionsReplace Permission to Extend Time Full2013/0519 - 20072 Feb
Erection of a steel framed agricultural implement store and feed store (DEL)
ApprovedDischarge of conditions102904/004AG - 200615 Dec
Erection of agricultural building (DEL)
ApprovedDischarge of conditions102904/003AG - 200529 Mar
Change of use of stables to three holiday units (DEL)
Approval with ConditionsChange of Use102904/002
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