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Drill Hall 1A Gentle Street Frome Somerset BA11 1JA

2023/0892/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 December 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations, new loft rooms, reinstatement of rooflights.

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome West Division
Agent
Vallis Architecture Ltd
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 219 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Drill Hall 1A Gentle Street Frome Somerset BA11 1JA. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 24 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Frome conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Frome West Division. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the BA11 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
BA11 1JA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Frome Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
15 June 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vallis Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
VALLIS ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Vallis Architecture Ltd 1 Styles Avenue Frome Somerset BA11 5JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 June 2023
Site notice end
9 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12162139
Documents
20
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Frome
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, Gentle StreetOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • 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 (20)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    17 May

    Internal alterations, new loft rooms, reinstatement of rooflights.

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside2023/0891/HSE
  2. 2023
    17 May

    Internal alterations, new loft rooms, reinstatement of rooflights.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent2023/0892/LBC

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