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Lilac Cottage Milton Lane Wookey Hole Wells Somerset BA5 1GG

2018/2445/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 December 2018

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to vary conditions 2, 8 and 9 of planning approval 2017/3096/VRC to move the access from the approved position to a new position

Received
4 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Council
Mendip
Ward
St Cuthbert Out North (Historic)
Agent
CJ Architects LLP
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Lilac Cottage Milton Lane Wookey Hole Wells Somerset BA5 1GG. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days 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.

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

Postcode
BA5 1GG
Application type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2018
Consultation expiry
30 November 2018
Consultation start
10 October 2018
Consultation end
7 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2018
Last date for comments
30 November 2018
Target decision date
29 November 2018
Decision issued
18 December 2018
Permission expires
18 December 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 October 2018
Advertisement expiry
1 November 2018
Site notice start
9 November 2018
Site notice end
30 November 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07313651
Documents
10
Constraints
3

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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