3 Bath Road Wells Somerset BA5 3HP
Approved on 16 April 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of chimney stack.
- Received
- 20 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Agent
- Cox Architectural Consultancy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date15 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 147 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at 3 Bath Road Wells Somerset BA5 3HP. Mendip has handled 161 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 14 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 2 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 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
90% of all 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 3HP
- Application type
- Demolition of Unlisted Building in a CA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cox Architectural Consultancy Ltd
- Architect profile
- COX ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- Agent address
- Cox Architectural Consultancy Ltd Howes Close Barrs Court Warmley Bristol BS30 8SB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 17 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wells
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (20)
flood storage 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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Source: Mendip
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