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Bubwiths Almshouses Priest Row Wells Somerset BA5 2QE

2024/0787/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 November 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repair and maintenance to outbuilding known as the Old Mortuary.

Received
30 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 192 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Bubwiths Almshouses Priest Row Wells Somerset BA5 2QE. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 20 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.

82% of heritage 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 2QE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2024
Consultation expiry
6 June 2024
Target decision date
25 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas
Agent address
Carter Jonas St Catherines Court Berkeley Place Bristol BS8 1BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 June 2024
Site notice end
4 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13018865
Documents
21
Constraints
10

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: Wells
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Old AlmshouseOn 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.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    7 Nov

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Materials - Roofing), 5 (Schedule of Repairs - Stone Mullion…

    Conditions SplitDischarge of conditions2024/2031/APP
  2. 2024
    30 Apr

    Repair and maintenance to outbuilding known as the Old Mortuary.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent2024/0787/LBC

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