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The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD

2021/2896/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 July 2022

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Materials (Windows)), 4 (Lantern Details) & 5 (Mortar Mix and Sample Area - Boundary Wall) on Listed Building Consent 2021/1255/LBC (Replacement of 2no roof lights, stone work repairs to window mullions, timber repairs to sash windows, timber door and stonework repairs to hood moulds, repair chimney crown and repairs to boundary wall).

Received
23 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central (Historic)
Agent
Savills UK Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 195 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Bishops Palace Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2PD. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 23 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 28 other applications 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 2PD
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2022
Target decision date
3 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills UK Ltd
Agent address
17 Dix's Field Exeter EX1 1QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10501023
Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Sep

    T1 - Birch - Crown reduction by approx 4m & rebalance crown, with pruning cuts no greater than 75mm

    PendingApplication2026/1850/TCA
  2. 2026
    19 Aug

    Approval of details reserved by Condition 3 (Details of chimney recording and dismantling) and Condition 6…

    PendingDischarge of conditions2026/1589/APP
  3. 2026
    16 Apr

    T1 - Magnolia - Crown reduction by 2m. T2 - Cherry - Fell. T3 - Hawthorn - Fell. T4 - Robinia - Fell…

    ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2026/0732/TCA
  4. 2026
    23 Jan

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) on…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0126/APP
  5. 2025
    22 Dec

    Install photovoltaic solar panels to central valley of roof for Jocelin Range behind parapet on The Chapel.

    WithdrawnListed building consent2025/2284/LBC
  6. 2025
    21 Nov

    G1001 - Willow - Coppice all three coppice stools. T1002 - Willow - Coppice

    PendingWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2025/2106/TCA

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