Scotswood House Yarley Hembury Lane Wookey Wells Somerset BA5 1NY
Approved on 24 September 2024
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey side extension as well as the erection of a two storey side extension
- Received
- 12 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Agent
- Hill Reading Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at Scotswood House Yarley Hembury Lane Wookey Wells Somerset BA5 1NY. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Mendip West Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
92% of full 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 1NY
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wookey Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hill Reading Architects
- Architect profile
- HILL READING ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Hill Reading Architects Coach House Studio 34A Chamberlain Street Wells BA5 2PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13231662
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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