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Land To North Of 32 - 36 Balch Road Wells Somerset

2023/2431/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to vary 2, 3 and 5 conditions of planning approval 2018/1895/FUL (Proposed residential redevelopment comprising demolition of 12 no. garages and the erection of 2no. two bedroom dwellings and 4no. three bedroom dwellings and 1 no. three bedroom bungalow in 3 blocks. (re-submission)) to amended wording and drawings.

Received
18 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land To North Of 32 - 36 Balch Road Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division.

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

Application type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2024
Target decision date
12 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Agent address
Greenslade Taylor Hunt Winchester House Deane Gate Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2UH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12678683
Documents
13
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Land to r/o 32-36 Balch Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2BZRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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. 2024
    6 Jun

    Application for a non-material amendment to permission 2023/2431/VRC

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2024/1004/NMA
  2. 2023
    18 Dec

    Application to vary 2, 3 and 5 conditions of planning approval 2018/1895/FUL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2023/2431/VRC

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