Forde Abbey Access to Forde Abbey Chard TA20 4LU

P/LBC/2023/06499Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 7 February 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed alterations and extension to existing 1990s ticket office and gift shop, within Grade II* listed Park & Garden, to convert building into new Kitchen and Cafe. Associated new drainage route and removal of commercial Kitchen from Grade I Listed Building.

Submitted: 15 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Marshwood Vale Ward (old number)

ReceivedSubmitted15 Nov
ValidatedValidated15 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Feb

Decided in 84 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Forde Abbey Access to Forde Abbey Chard TA20 4LU. Dorset has handled 3,055 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 6 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

94% of heritage applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: TA20 4LU
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Thorncombe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 35 Fore Street Wellington Somerset TA21 8AG

Additional information

Documents: 46

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Registered park and garden: Forde Abbey
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Dorset

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