Walcombe Cottage Walcombe Lane Wells Somerset BA5 3AG

2021/0099/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 March 2021

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsWard Member

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Proposal

Erection of side extension and rear extension and internal alterations.

Received: 14 January 2021
Decision level: Ward Member
Public comments: 2
Council: Mendip
Ward: St Cuthbert Out North (Historic)
Agent: CJ Architects

ReceivedReceived14 Jan
ValidatedValidated21 Jan
Consult.Consultation22 Feb
TargetTarget Date18 Mar
DecidedDecided18 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a rear extension at Walcombe Cottage Walcombe Lane Wells Somerset BA5 3AG. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

82% of heritage 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 3AG
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: St Cuthbert Out Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 January 2021
Consultation expiry: 25 February 2021
Consultation start: 25 January 2021
Consultation end: 22 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 25 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 15 February 2021
Last date for comments: 25 February 2021
Target decision date: 18 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: CJ Architects
Agent address: 23 Union street Wells BA5 2PU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 February 2021
Advertisement expiry: 25 February 2021
Site notice start: 31 January 2021
Site notice end: 21 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09407446
Documents: 14
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)Next to the site
Listed building: Grade II: Cottage to East of Walcombe HouseOn this site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Mendip Hills

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, conservation 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

2021
14 Jan
Erection of side extension and rear extension and internal alterations
Approval with ConditionsHouseholderFiled alongside2021/0098/HSE
2021
14 Jan
Erection of side extension and rear extension and internal alterations.
This applicationApproval with ConditionsListed building consent2021/0099/LBC

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Mendip

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