Land Adjacent To The Retreat Frome Somerset
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Approve Non Material AmendmentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a non-material amendment to permission 2025/1151/VRC (Application to vary condition 2 (Plans List), 4 (Materials), 6 (Visibility Splay), 7 (Parking), 11 (Surface Water Drainage System) & 12 (CEMP) & remove condition 1 (Time Limit) & 9 (Contaminated Land - Verification Report) of planning approval 2021/2437/VRC (Application to remove conditions 16 & 17 (Permitted Development Rights - extension, roof, outbuildings or boundary treatments) of planning approval 2021/1083/FUL).
- Received
- 12 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Frome East Division
- Agent
- PlanningSphere Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land Adjacent To The Retreat Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Frome conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Frome East Division.
76% of amendment 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
- Non-Material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Frome Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PlanningSphere Ltd
- Agent address
- PlanningSphere Ltd Spaces Northgate House Upper Borough Walls Bath BA1 1RG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202615 Jun
Conversion of commercial studio to 2 No. live-work residential units and 1 No. residential unit with…
PendingApplication2026/1051/FUL - 202629 Jan
Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) from planning permission 2025/1151/VRC
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0189/APP
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