Beaumont House 17 New Street Wells Somerset BA5 2LD

2016/2397/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 December 2016

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use C3 dwellinghouse to C2 residential institution (boarding house)

Received: 16 September 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Mendip
Ward: Wells St Thomas

ReceivedReceived16 Sep
ValidatedValidated13 Oct
Consult.Consultation8 Nov
TargetTarget Date8 Dec
DecidedDecided16 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Beaumont House 17 New Street Wells Somerset BA5 2LD. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications 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 2LD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 October 2016
Consultation expiry: 10 November 2016
Consultation start: 1 December 2016
Consultation end: 8 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 18 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 8 November 2016
Target decision date: 8 December 2016
Permission expires: 16 December 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 October 2016
Advertisement expiry: 10 November 2016
Site notice start: 20 October 2016
Site notice end: 10 November 2016

Additional information

Documents: 5
Constraints: 7

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Wells
Listed building: Grade II: Beaumont House and Attached WallsOn or next to this site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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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16 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Mendip

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