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64 High Street Wells BA5 2RS

2016/2311/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 November 2016

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B1 office use to single dwelling house involving internal alterations

Received
13 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central
Agent
Salmon Planning Company
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 64 High Street Wells BA5 2RS. 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. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2RS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2016
Consultation expiry
28 October 2016
Consultation start
30 September 2016
Consultation end
21 October 2016
Neighbour consultation start
30 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2016
Target decision date
8 November 2016
Decision issued
17 November 2016
Permission expires
17 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Salmon Planning Company
Architect profile
SALMON PLANNING COMPANY LIMITED
Agent address
2 Priory Road Wells BA5 1SY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 October 2016
Advertisement expiry
20 October 2016
Site notice start
7 October 2016
Site notice end
28 October 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05473168
Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Listed building: Grade II: Avenue House With Boundary WallsOn this site · +5 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    13 Sep

    Change of use from B1 office use to single dwelling house involving internal alterations

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFull2016/2311/FUL
  2. 2016
    13 Sep

    Change of use from B1 office use to single dwelling house involving internal alterations

    Approval with ConditionsListed building consentFiled alongside2016/2312/LBC

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