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The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UG

2022/1833/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 March 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from commercial (class E) and residential (The Gatehouse) to a single residential unit (class C3).

Received
13 September 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
20
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central (Historic)
Agent
Planning Heritage Limited
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 153 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UG. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 17 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

93% of full 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 2UG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2022
Consultation expiry
2 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 February 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2022
Committee meeting
15 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Heritage Limited
Agent address
Planning Heritage Limited Rengen House 4 Argyle Street Bath BA2 4BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 November 2022
Site notice end
16 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11538302
Documents
57
Constraints
12

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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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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