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Land North Of The A371 And West Of Wells Wells Somerset

2018/2626/REMReserved Matters ApplicationApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 19 September 2019

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval 2014/1522/OTS for the construction of up to 220 dwellings (C3), open space and drainage infrastructure, formation of new means of vehicular access on A371 and associated highway works, and associated infrastructure. Matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale to be determined. Additional information received 06.08.2019

Received
26 October 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
49
Council
Mendip
Ward
St Cuthbert Out North (Historic)
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 309 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of The A371 And West Of Wells Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 328 days, 40 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

77% of outline 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
Reserved Matters Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
220
Parish
St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2018
Consultation expiry
5 September 2019
Consultation start
5 September 2019
Consultation end
22 August 2019
Neighbour consultation start
8 August 2019
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2019
Last date for comments
5 September 2019
Target decision date
13 February 2019
Committee meeting
18 September 2019
Permission expires
19 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barton Willmore
Agent address
101 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 August 2019
Advertisement expiry
5 September 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07296029
Documents
247
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.

  • 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 (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

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.

Source: Mendip

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