Skip to content

Wells Cathedral School 15 North Liberty Wells Somerset BA5 2ST

2024/0781/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 June 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Joinery Details) on planning consent 2023/1842/LBC.

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
Wotton Donoghue Architects
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Wells Cathedral School 15 North Liberty Wells Somerset BA5 2ST. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

94% of conditions applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BA5 2ST
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2024
Target decision date
27 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wotton Donoghue Architects
Agent address
Wotton Donoghue Architects 45 Oakfield Road Clifton Bristol Bristol BS8 2AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13015794
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
11

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: Building Immediately West of Number 17On this site · +7 more
  • 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

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Feb

    See Tree Condition Assessment for specification of works.

    ApprovedWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2026/0446/TPO
  2. 2026
    26 Feb

    See Tree Condition Assessment for specification of works.

    ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2026/0389/TCA
  3. 2024
    24 Jan

    T4- Ash - Fell

    ApprovedWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2024/0126/TPO
  4. 2023
    15 Mar

    (TPO- M1086,M1063) - See tree works specification.

    ApprovedWorks/Felling of TPO Trees2023/0457/TPO
  5. 2023
    15 Mar

    T155 Hungarian oak - Remove major dead wood. G170a Western red cedar - Crown lift by 1m. T173 Whitebeam…

    ApprovedWorks/Felling Trees in a CA2023/0456/TCA
  6. 2022
    13 Jan

    Alteration to existing site access, formal definition of ancillary car parking area, and erection of…

    ApprovedListed building consent2022/0058/LBC

Source: Mendip

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BA5

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report