Planning application
23 Union Street Wells Somerset BA5 2PU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use from Class E (office) to Class C (residential).
As published by the council, reference 2026/1384/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1384/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 21 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Wells Division
- Parish
- Wells City Council
- Postcode
- BA5 2PU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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22 Jul 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 16 September 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 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
CJ Architects LLP Agent, an architecture practice
128 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 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 full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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