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The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UG

2023/2051/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 2 July 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of C20th staircase, re-instatement of chimney stacks to courtyard, replacement doors and architraves, new bathrooms and re-location of existing kitchen. New ancillary accommodation to the north range and former stable block to include reinstatement of traditional windows and associated works.

Received
24 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
Edward Checkley Conservation Architect
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 252 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UG. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 29 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

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 2UG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2023
Consultation expiry
30 November 2023
Target decision date
19 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edward Checkley Conservation Architect
Agent address
29 Strand Court Topsham Exeter EX3 0AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 November 2023
Site notice end
16 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12538530
Documents
45
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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