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Ruth House 59 Preston Road Yeovil Somerset BA20 2BW

00/02934/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 January 2002

Council decision: Application Permitted with Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of former hostel to childrens day nursery and residential accommodation (GR 547/164)

Received
20 November 2000
Council
South Somerset
Ward
Yeovil (West)
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 416 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ruth House 59 Preston Road Yeovil Somerset BA20 2BW. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 416 days, 53 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,581 applications in total for the BA20 postcode area.

95% of amendment applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA20 2BW
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil
District
SOUTH

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2000
Target decision date
14 January 2001

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

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: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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. 2004
    20 Apr

    Variation of condition 6 of decision notice 00/02934/COU

    Application Permitted with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)04/01201/S73
  2. 2000
    20 Nov

    Change of use of former hostel to childrens day nursery and residential accommodation (GR 547/164

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsAmendment00/02934/COU

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