Planning application
Land At 356471 146398 Knapp Hill Wells Somerset
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction work in the course of the erection of a building; the excavation of a trench intended to house the foundations, and the installation of them. Please refer to the Planning Statement submitted with this application for more information.
As published by the council, reference 2026/1705/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1705/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Use Existing
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Mendip Hills Division
- Parish
- St Cuthbert Out Parish Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 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 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hill Reading Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Wells
Active · incorporated 2007 · Wells
184 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 80% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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 lawful development applications in a median of 36 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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