Planning application
18 Priory Road Wells Somerset BA5 1SY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of condition 1 (Temporary Permission) and variation of condition 3 (Hours of Use), condition 4 (Consumption of Food/Drink-Front of the premises) and condition 5 (Consumption of Food/Drink-Side of the premises) on consent 2025/1106/VRC (Application to vary conditions 3, 4 & 5 (Use & Times) of planning approval 2012/1196 (Change of use of premises from A1 (retail) to A4 (public house)) to extend use times.
As published by the council, reference 2026/1101/VRC
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1101/VRC
- Type
- Variation or Removal of Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 25 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Parish
- Wells City Council
- Decision by
- Chair/Vice Chair
- Postcode
- BA5 1SY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/1106/VRC Granted
18 Priory Road Wells Somerset BA5 1SY
Application to vary conditions 3, 4 & 5 (Use & Times) of planning approval 2012/1196 (Change of use of premises from A1 (retail) to A4 (public house)) to extend use times, Weekend and Bank Holidays 0700hrs to 0130hrs, rear garden/front garden 0800hrs to 2200hrs. [Addendum: public houses are now sui generis.]
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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16 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approval
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Exmoor National Park granted permission on 25 August 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.
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