Planning application
Ems Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
Works: Windows or glazing Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of material of windows and doors from timber to aluminium.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0846/HSE
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0846/HSE
- Type
- Householder Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval
- Received
- 29 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 29 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Mendip Central And East Division
- Parish
- Mells Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BA11 3QN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/1668/TCA Awaiting decision
Ems Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
G1 - Copper Beech - Prune tops by 3m
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2025/1913/TCA Awaiting decision
Ems Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
T1 - Sycamore tree - Pruning of branches
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Apr 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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9 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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2 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
INK Architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Herts
Dissolved · incorporated 2007 · Herts
37 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 9 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Ems Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
98% historically approved · decision due ~28 Oct
G1 - Copper Beech - Prune tops by 3m
Awaiting decision Trees 5 docs -
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Granted Trees 5 docs -
Ems Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
98% historically approved · decision due ~23 Dec
T1 - Sycamore tree - Pruning of branches
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
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Refused Full applications 22 docsDomestic -
Prospect Cottage Top Lane Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3QN
Application for an existing lawful development certificate for confirmation that a material operation carried out at Prospect Cottage constitutes an implementation of planning permission 2024/0620/FUL
Granted Lawful development 10 docs
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