Higher Farm Shepton Montague Wincanton Somerset BA9 8JJ

02/00490/COUChange of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 March 2002

Council decision: Application Permitted with Conditions

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

Proposal

The conversion of redundant two storey stone built granary to provide additional living accommodation (gr 674/312)

Received: 15 February 2002
Council: South Somerset
Ward: TOWER

ReceivedReceived15 Feb
ValidatedValidated15 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Apr
DecidedDecided15 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Higher Farm Shepton Montague Wincanton Somerset BA9 8JJ. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 575 applications in total for the BA9 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: BA9 8JJ
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Shepton Montague
District: EAST

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 February 2002
Target decision date: 11 April 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Planet House Woodcock Street Castle Cary Somerset

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: Brue 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.

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Source: South Somerset

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