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1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH

2025/1625/APPApproval of Details - CondAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Site Wide joinery details ), 4 ( Site Wide - Materials for Dormers), 5 (Site Wide - Details of Dormers), 6 (Site Wide - Rendering Re-rendering), 7 (Access Ramp), 8 (Soft landscaping) and 9 (Archaeology Watching Brief) on Planning consent 2023/1611/FUL

Received
5 September 2025
Decision due
14 November 2025
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH. Mendip has handled 961 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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 2UH
Application type
Approval of Details - Cond
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects
Agent address
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects The Borough Studios The Borough Wedmore BS28 4EB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14265256
Comments
0
Documents
223

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Listed building: Grade I: 1-13, Vicars' CloseOn or next to this 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 (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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mendip

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