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The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UE

2024/2070/APPApproval of Details - CondApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 February 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (desc) on listed building consent 2023/2051/LBC (Removal of C20th staircase, re-instatement of chimney stacks to courtyard, replacement doors and architraves, new bathrooms and re-location of existing kitchen. New ancillary accommodation to the north range and former stable block to include reinstatement of traditional windows and associated works).

Received
15 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
Edward Checkley Conservation Architect
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 97 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Old Deanery Cathedral Green Wells Somerset BA5 2UE. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,945 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 2UE
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2024
Target decision date
10 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edward Checkley Conservation Architect
Agent address
Edward Checkley Conservation Architect Richmond Villa 7 Wonford Road Exeter EX2 4LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13563340
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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