Planning application
1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 and 53 on listed building consent 2023/1614/LBC (Change of Use of no.22 and Ground Floor of no.27 (Offices) to Class F1 (Museum) and Class E (Commercial, Business & Service), associated fabric repairs and improvements to buildings, landscaping within the Close).
As published by the council, reference 2025/1560/APP
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1560/APP
- Type
- Approval of Details - Cond
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 22 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 12 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Parish
- Wells City Council
- Postcode
- BA5 2UH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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2025/1625/APP Awaiting decision
1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Site Wide joinery details ), 4 ( Site Wide - Materials for Dormers), 5 (Site Wide - Details of Dormers), 6 (Site Wide - Rendering Re-rendering), 7 (Access Ramp), 8 (Soft landscaping) and 9 (Archaeology Watching Brief) on Planning consent 2023/1611/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Aug 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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12 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Exmoor National Park took a median of 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice
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381 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Exmoor National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Exmoor National Park decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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