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14 Barley Close Wells Somerset BA5 2ED

2023/0099/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a front porch and changes to the driveway with two dropped kerbs

Received
23 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 14 Barley Close Wells Somerset BA5 2ED. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

92% 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 2ED
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2023
Consultation expiry
13 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 March 2023
Target decision date
10 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11859808
Documents
14
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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