Turnpike House 18 Bridge Street Frome Somerset BA11 1BB
Approved on 30 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GivenDelegated (officer decision)
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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 6no. Flats (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Frome West Division
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Turnpike House 18 Bridge Street Frome Somerset BA11 1BB. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Frome conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Frome West Division. We hold 1,500 applications in total for the BA11 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
- BA11 1BB
- Application type
- Prior App CoU E to C3 Dwellinghouse
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Frome Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr James Cain
- Agent address
- 5 Seymer Close Shillingstone Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 0PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14568836
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Frome
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Mendip
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