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Waitrose Ltd Whiting Way Wells Somerset

2024/1954/VRCVariation or Removal of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 January 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 9 (Delivery Hours) on consent 2020/1856/VRC (Variation of condition 16 (delivery hours) of permission 2012/2927 (Variation of conditions 25 and 30 on planning permission 2012/1727. (development of a foodstore on the EMI Club/Whiting Way site).

Received
29 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Waitrose Ltd Whiting Way Wells Somerset. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 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.

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

Application type
Variation or Removal of Conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2024
Consultation expiry
5 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2024
Target decision date
28 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Firstplan Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13509258
Documents
9
Constraints
20

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
  • 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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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    6 May

    Redevelopment of existing skatepark

    PendingFull Application2025/0825/FUL

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