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35A Southover Wells Somerset BA5 1UH

2025/2206/PEDPrior App CoU E to C3 DwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1no. Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3). (REVISED PLANS AND FRA RECEIVED 08.01.26).

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 35A Southover Wells Somerset BA5 1UH. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

77% of outline 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 1UH
Application type
Prior App CoU E to C3 Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
31 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wells
  • 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 (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.

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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