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Lilac Cottage Land To The North Of Milton Lane Wookey Hole Somerset

2017/3096/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 May 2018

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to vary condition 2 (Drawings) of planning approval 2015/1941/FUL (Conversion of derelict cottage to a holiday let) to allow amended drawings showing the shower room incorporated into the dwelling, change of materials on the extension from render to timber cladding and adjustment of fenestration on west elevation.

Received
22 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
St Cuthbert Out North (Historic)
Agent
CJ Architects
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 161 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Lilac Cottage Land To The North Of Milton Lane Wookey Hole Somerset. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 17 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

94% of conditions applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2017
Consultation expiry
10 January 2018
Consultation start
12 December 2017
Consultation end
2 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start
12 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end
2 January 2018
Target decision date
24 January 2018
Permission expires
9 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
CJ Architects
Agent address
23 Union Street Wells BA5 2PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 December 2017
Advertisement expiry
4 January 2018
Site notice start
20 December 2017
Site notice end
10 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06551887
Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (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.

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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    24 Jan

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 10 (hard and soft landscape scheme) and 11…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2019/0137/APP
  2. 2017
    22 Nov

    Application to vary condition 2 (Drawings) of planning approval 2015/1941/FUL

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)2017/3096/VRC
  3. 2015
    11 Aug

    Renovation and extension of derelict cottage to form holiday let.

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationPart of2015/1941/FUL

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