3 Balch Road Wells Somerset BA5 2BY
Approved on 21 February 2025
Council decision: ApprovalChair/Vice Chair
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Proposal
Erection of 2-bedroom detached dwellinghouse.
- Received
- 12 December 2023
- Decision level
- Chair/Vice Chair
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Agent
- Hill Reading Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation29 Jul
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided21 Feb
Decided in 437 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 3 Balch Road Wells Somerset BA5 2BY. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 437 days, 55 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 2BY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2024
- Committee meeting
- 6 August 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hill Reading Architects
- Architect profile
- HILL READING ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Hill Reading Architects Coach House Studio 34A Chamberlain Street Wells Somerset BA5 2PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12662572
- Documents
- 25
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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