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The Alms House, The Square, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2AR

02/20/00026Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 and 3 of Planning Permission 02/18/00002 (Removal of Conditions 3 and 4 of Planning Permission 02/11/00014 (Change of use of bistro/restaurant to a tea room and take away with craft/gift area and change of use of part of the ground floor area to residential use) to change the hours of use) to extend the opening hours of the takeaway service .

Submitted
1 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Alms House, The Square, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2AR. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 8 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.

97% of full applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS26 2AR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2020
Consultation start
7 October 2020
Target decision date
13 November 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Axbridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old AlmshouseOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    6 Jun

    Retrospective application for the installation of wall vent to the West elevation.

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission02/23/00017
  2. 2023
    6 Jun

    Retrospective application for the installation of wall vent to the West elevation.

    ApprovedListed building consent02/23/00018
  3. 2021
    6 Dec

    Partial change of use to separate tea shop from residential dwelling with the removal of external staircase…

    ApprovedListed building consent02/21/00041
  4. 2021
    6 Dec

    Partial change of use to separate tea shop from residential dwelling with the removal of external staircase…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission02/21/00040
  5. 2018
    29 May

    Removal of damaged roofing battens and roofing felt. Installation of replacement roofing battens and a…

    ApprovedListed building consent02/18/00015

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