Post Office Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2RA
Proposal
Change of use of vacant building (former post office) to restaurant, internal and external alterations including re-painting render, removal of security bars, restoring dressed stone panels, provision of kitchen extraction vent and enlarging windows on rear elevation.
- Received
- 23 November 2023
- Decided
- 27 March 2024 · Refusal
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells Division
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Jan
- TargetTarget Date29 Jan
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)
This is a heritage application for a change of use at Post Office Market Place Wells Somerset BA5 2RA. Mendip has handled 557 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 78 days. This one was decided in 125 days, 7 weeks longer than Mendip's median. 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 114 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,908 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Associated applications
- 202323 Nov
Change of use of vacant building (former post office) to restaurant, internal and external alterations…
RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside2023/2271/FUL - 202323 Nov
Change of use of vacant building (former post office) to restaurant, internal and external alterations…
This applicationRefusedListed building consent2023/2272/LBC
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202430 Apr
Change of use from former Post Office to restaurant including internal and external alterations. (amended…
ApprovedListed building consent2024/0794/LBC - 202430 Apr
Change of use from former Post Office to restaurant including internal and external alterations.
ApprovedFull Application2024/0793/FUL
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Wells
- 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.
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