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1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH

2023/1614/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 December 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of no.22 and Ground Floor of no.27 (Offices) to Class F1 (Museum) and Class E (Commercial, Business & Service), associated fabric repairs and improvements to buildings, landscaping within the Close.

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 130 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 12 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,945 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 2UH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
21 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects
Agent address
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects The Borough Studios The Borough Wedmore Somerset BS28 4EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 September 2023
Site notice end
21 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12340901
Documents
460

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
  • Listed building: Grade I: 1-13, Vicars' CloseOn this site · +10 more
  • 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 (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.

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© 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: Mendip

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