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Balsters Farm Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT

02/00704/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 April 2002

Council decision: Application Permitted with Conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of redundant farm building into dwelling. (GR 468/136)

Received
12 March 2002
Council
South Somerset
Ward
PARRETT
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Balsters Farm Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Chinnock conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 470 applications in total for the TA18 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
TA18 7PT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Chinnock
District
WEST

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2002
Target decision date
10 May 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
55 The Park Yeovil 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.

  • Conservation area: West Chinnock
  • Listed building: Grade II: Balster'S Farm HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

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, 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.

Source: South Somerset

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