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Cheddar Valley Inn 22 Tucker Street Wells Somerset BA5 2DZ

2023/2351/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 March 2024

Council decision: RefusalChair/Vice Chair

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of existing public house (Sui Generis), demolition of ancillary outbuilding (Sui Generis) to erect two three-bedroom dwellings (Class C3) utilising existing access from Westfield Road, with associated landscaping and parking spaces.

Received
5 December 2023
Decision level
Chair/Vice Chair
Public comments
19
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
CPC Planning Consultants Ltd
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Cheddar Valley Inn 22 Tucker Street Wells Somerset BA5 2DZ. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 8 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

92% of full 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 2DZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2024
Consultation expiry
15 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2024
Target decision date
1 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
CPC Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Unit 5 Clovelly Business Park Clovelly Road Southbourne PO10 8PW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 February 2024
Site notice end
14 February 2024

Appeal history

3348485
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 March 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12644311
Documents
46
Constraints
19

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: WellsPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16 and 17, Tucker StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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. 2024
    17 Jun

    Retention of existing public house (Sui Generis), conversion of an outbuilding (Sui Generis) to a one-bedroom…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelated2024/1052/FUL
  2. 2023
    5 Dec

    Retention of existing public house (Sui Generis), demolition of ancillary outbuilding (Sui Generis) to erect…

    This applicationRefusedFull2023/2351/FUL

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