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Unit 4 The Old Engine House Westfield Road Wells Somerset BA5 2HS

2024/0818/CLECertificate of Use ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 July 2024

Council decision: Development is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for an existing lawful development certificate for change from a glass company retail unit (class E) to expansion of existing vet practice (class E)

Received
8 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 4 The Old Engine House Westfield Road Wells Somerset BA5 2HS. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

76% of amendment 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 2HS
Application type
Certificate of Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2024
Target decision date
26 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13036456
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
14

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Railway Goods ShedOn 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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.

Source: Mendip

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