Planning application
1 Fore Street, Wellington
Works: New dwelling Extension
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 office space to create 5 No. self contained flats with erection of a first floor extension to the rear, works to increase roof height and various internal alterations at 1 Fore Street, Wellington
As published by the council, reference 43/26/0070
Application record
- Reference
- 43/26/0070
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Pending As published: Initially identified as a decision to be made by the Development Control Manager under delgated powers.
- Received
- 31 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Parish
- Wellington
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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43/26/0071/LB Awaiting decision
1 Fore Street, Wellington
Change of use from office space to create 5 No. self contained flats with erection of a first floor extension to the rear, works to increase roof height and various internal alterations at 1 Fore Street, Wellington
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43/23/0021/CG Granted
1 Fore Street, Wellington
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to mixed use including 2 No. flats (Use Class C3) at 1 Fore Street, Wellington
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Jul 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 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 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 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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Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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1 Fore Street, Wellington
90% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep
Change of use from office space to create 5 No. self contained flats with erection of a first floor extension to the rear, works to increase roof height and various internal alterations at 1 Fore Street, Wellington
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling Extension 26 docs -
1 Fore Street, Wellington
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to mixed use including 2 No. flats (Use Class C3) at 1 Fore Street, Wellington
Granted New dwelling 10 docsSeveral homes -
2 High Street, Wellington
Change of use of bakery and coffee shop to licensed restaurant (Class E) at 2 High Street, Wellington
Granted Full applications 17 docs -
telephone kiosk, 11 High Street, Wellington
Display of vinyl branded non illiminated signage on ATM at telephone kiosk, 11 High Street, Wellington
Granted Advertising 11 docs -
14 Fore Street, Wellington
Various internal alterations to the ground floor of 14 Fore Street, Wellington (retention of works already undertaken)
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 16 docs -
7A North Street, Wellington
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a change of use and conversion from commercial, business and service use (Class E) into 1 No. dwelling (Class C3) at 7A North Street, Wellington
Granted 11 docsDomestic
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