Natwest Bank 7 High Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AD

2025/2073/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision

Proposal

EXTERNAL: Maintenance works to shopfront excluding stonework. Replacement to existing signage including new logo sign to existing fascia letterset, new logo sign to existing projecting bracket, new ATM sign, 2no. new nameplate signs, new car park sign and new disabled access sign. INTERNAL: Refurbishment works to ground and first floors including remodelling of existing cashier area, new decoration and brand identity refresh. Associated MEP works including an adjustment to small power, replacement to existing fluorescent light fittings and light sources and new cold water feed pipework to proposed water unit.

Received: 14 November 2025
Decision due: 9 January 2026
Council: Mendip
Ward: Wells Division
Agent: Lewis and Hickey Ltd

ReceivedReceived14 Nov
ValidatedValidated14 Nov
Consult.Consultation8 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Jan
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at Natwest Bank 7 High Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AD. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications 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.

82% of heritage 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 2AD
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Lewis and Hickey Ltd
Agent address: Lewis And Hickey Ltd 1 St. Bernards Row Edinburgh EH14 1HW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 17 December 2025
Site notice end: 9 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14485035
Comments: 0
Documents: 21
Constraints: 33

Site constraints

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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 II: National Westminster BankOn or next to this site · +1 more
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.

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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.

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.

Associated applications

2025
14 Nov
Replacement to existing signage including new logo sign to existing fascia letterset, new logo sign to…
PendingAdvertisement consentFiled alongside2025/2070/ADV
2025
14 Nov
EXTERNAL: Maintenance works to shopfront excluding stonework. Replacement to existing signage including new…
This applicationPendingListed building consent2025/2073/LBC

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15 other applications at this property, newest first.

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