Orchard House Wells Road Henton Wells Somerset BA5 1PD
Approved on 18 March 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a non-material amendment to permission 2025/1209/HSE for the erection of a single storey extension.
- Received
- 3 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Mendip West Division
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Orchard House Wells Road Henton Wells Somerset BA5 1PD. Mendip has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Mendip West Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- BA5 1PD
- Application type
- Non-Material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wookey Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (21)
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, 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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