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The Old Fire Station Christchurch Street West Frome Somerset BA11 1EH

2024/0181/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 April 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrospective application for an Internally illuminated pencil sharpener sign approx 500x320x200mm Situated above door on brickwork (amended description 03.04.2024).

Received
2 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome West Division
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Old Fire Station Christchurch Street West Frome Somerset BA11 1EH. Mendip has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Frome conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Frome West Division. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.

100% of advertising 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
BA11 1EH
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Frome Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2024
Consultation expiry
21 March 2024
Target decision date
23 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
21 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12773927
Documents
14
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Frome
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Mendip

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