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7 Portway Wells Somerset BA5 2BA

2024/1803/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 January 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Materials - Extension - Submission of Schedule and Samples), 4 (Sample Panel - Extension - Walling), 5 (Materials - Garden walling - Submission of Schedule and Samples), 6 (Sample Panel - Garden walling - Walling), 7 (Joinery Details - Submission of Details), 8 (Interior Treatments and Finishes - submission of details), 9 (Method of attachment of extension), 10 (Rainwater goods) and 11 (Ducts, Pipes, RWGs etc - Submission of Details) on planning consent 2023/2374/LBC (Removal of existing green house, toilet and section of roof of the existing outbuilding. Part demolition of existing outbuilding wall. New single-storey extension at back of house. Creation of loft hatch).

Received
7 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
CJ Architects
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 7 Portway Wells Somerset BA5 2BA. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 8 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.

94% of conditions 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 2BA
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2024
Target decision date
2 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
CJ Architects
Agent address
CJ Architects 23 Union Street Wells BA5 2PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
12

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: Boundary Railings and Gates to Portway HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: The Mermaid Inn, 1 Tucker Street, WellsRegister site at or near this address

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 (18)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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