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The Playing Fields, Land off Crewkerne Road and The Drift, Chard, TA20 4DL.

SCC/4055/2023Approved

Approved on 22 December 2023

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Engineering operations to replace floodlighting heads and levelling of Chard RFC rugby pitches

Submitted
25 April 2023
Council
Somerset
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 241 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Playing Fields, Land off Crewkerne Road and The Drift, Chard, TA20 4DL.. Somerset has handled 400 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 26 weeks longer than Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
TA20 4DL
Scale / size
Small
District
South Somerset District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2023
Consultation expiry
10 July 2023
Consultation end
10 July 2023

Appeal history

3338955
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 June 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Sep

    Discharge of condition 3 (Drainage Condition - Full Drainage Plan) and condition 5 (Transport Condition…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSCC/4055/2023/cond3&5
  2. 2023
    25 Apr

    Engineering operations to replace floodlighting heads and levelling of Chard RFC rugby pitches

    This applicationApprovedApplicationSCC/4055/2023

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