Planning application
Site East Of 4 Bishopbrook House Cathedral Avenue Wells Somerset
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Proposal
Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval 059850/005 Development of Use Classes B1, B2 and B8 business uses, highway works, landscaping, drainage works and parking (as amended by further revisions to the design of access arrangements including amendment to position of spine road and exclusion of mini roundabout) (DEL) Matters of access/appearance/landscaping/layout/scale to be determined
As published by the council, reference 2026/0331/REM
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0331/REM
- Type
- Reserved Matters Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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2 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 April 2026, 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 45 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Oxford Architects LLP Agent, an architecture practice registered in Oxford
Active · incorporated 2006 · Oxford
64 applications on PlanIndex · across 17 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
40 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 reserved matters applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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