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Restaurant Wessex Fields Marston Road Frome Somerset

2025/2133/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change the use from Use Class A3 (now Use Class E(b)) to a flexible use comprising Class E(b) (cafe and restaurant) and Use Class E(c)(iii) (solarium), together with minor external alterations to the north (front) elevation.

Received
26 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Frome East Division
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Restaurant Wessex Fields Marston Road Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Frome East Division.

93% 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Frome Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Target decision date
21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Boon Brown
Architect profile
BOON BROWN LIMITED
Agent address
Boon Brown Motivo Yeovil Somerset BA20 2FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice end
26 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14512253
Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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.

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