Willow Cottage Soho Cottage To Vobster Inn Mells Frome Somerset BA3 5RJ
Approved on 11 April 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Replacement front porch
- Received
- 20 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Mendip Central And East Division
- Agent
- Barrie Christian Architect
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided11 Apr
Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at Willow Cottage Soho Cottage To Vobster Inn Mells Frome Somerset BA3 5RJ. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Mendip Central And East Division. We hold 1,600 applications in total for the BA3 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
- BA3 5RJ
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mells Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Barrie Christian Architect
- Agent address
- Barrie Christian Architect 1 - 2 Allington Row Stoke St Michael Radstock Somerset BA3 5JW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13783457
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Mendip
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