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78 High Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AJ

2024/0990/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 August 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New shopfront & entrance door, signage to side elevation & internal ground floor partition.

Received
3 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at 78 High Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AJ. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 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 2AJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Consultation expiry
4 July 2024
Target decision date
29 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
db + PAUL
Agent address
Db + PAUL 27/29 St Cuthbert Street Wells BA5 2AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 July 2024
Site notice end
26 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13119757
Documents
15
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Listed building: Grade II: 78, High StreetOn this site · +5 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.

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© 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
    13 Nov

    Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Materials - Hand Painted Sign) on listed building consent…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/2060/APP
  2. 2024
    3 Jun

    New shopfront & entrance door, signage to side elevation & internal ground floor partition.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent2024/0990/LBC

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