Chalfont Top Road Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1HY
Approved on 14 March 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of two-storey side extension & associated landscaping.
- Received
- 27 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- Agent
- Hill Reading Architects
- ReceivedReceived27 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at Chalfont Top Road Westbury Sub Mendip Wells Somerset BA5 1HY. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Westbury sub Mendip conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 1HY
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westbury Sub Mendip Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2025
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
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13655216
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Westbury sub Mendip
- 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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