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1-27A Vicars Close, Vicars Hall, Vicars Chapel, 1 St Andrews Street Wells Somerset BA5 2UH

Awaiting decision Exmoor National Park 2025/1560/APP Approval of Details - Cond

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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.

  • 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

    Submitted 5 Sep 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Aug 2025

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 12 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

381 documents on file for this application

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What 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 43 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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