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Thornreed House Lower Godney Godney Wells Somerset BA5 1RZ

2018/1700/CLECertificate of Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 29 August 2018

Council decision: Development is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for existing use of a property as two separate dwelling houses

Received
5 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wookey And St Cuthbert Out West (Historic)
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Thornreed House Lower Godney Godney Wells Somerset BA5 1RZ. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 1RZ
Application type
Certificate of Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Godney Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2018
Consultation expiry
14 August 2018
Consultation start
17 July 2018
Consultation end
14 August 2018
Neighbour consultation start
17 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
7 August 2018
Last date for comments
17 August 2018
Target decision date
30 August 2018
Decision issued
30 August 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 July 2018
Site notice end
10 August 2018

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Mendip

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