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Merchants House 5 Penn Place Carlton Mews Wells Somerset BA5 1DS

2022/2252/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 30 January 2023

Council decision: RefusalWard Member

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new external window railing at first floor on the west elevation.

Received
14 November 2022
Decision level
Ward Member
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Central (Historic)
Agent
Salmon Planning Company
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Merchants House 5 Penn Place Carlton Mews Wells Somerset BA5 1DS. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,946 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 1DS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2022
Consultation expiry
22 December 2022
Target decision date
11 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Salmon Planning Company
Architect profile
SALMON PLANNING COMPANY LIMITED
Agent address
Salmon Planning Company 2 Priory Road Wells BA5 1SY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 December 2022
Site notice end
11 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11684595
Documents
10
Constraints
14

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, 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.

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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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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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