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Abbey Visitors Centre And Museum Magdalene Street Glastonbury Somerset BA6 9EL

2023/1901/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 November 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 17 (European Protected Species Mitigation Licence) on consent 2022/2206/FUL

Received
4 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Glastonbury Division
Agent
Architectural Thread Ltd
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Abbey Visitors Centre And Museum Magdalene Street Glastonbury Somerset BA6 9EL. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Glastonbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Glastonbury Division. We hold 217 applications in total for the BA6 postcode area.

94% of conditions 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
BA6 9EL
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Glastonbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Thread Ltd
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURAL THREAD LTD
Agent address
Architectural Thread Ltd 35 Fore Street Wellington Somerset TA21 8AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12504319
Documents
7
Constraints
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Glastonbury
  • Scheduled monument: Glastonbury Abbey
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    6 Oct

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 13 (Archaeological Written Scheme of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2023/1906/APP
  2. 2023
    4 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by condition 17 (European Protected Species Mitigation Licence) on consent…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2023/1901/APP

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