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53 - 55 Princes Street Yeovil Somerset BA20 1EE

07/04013/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 November 2007

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor from offices to residential apartment and the construction of an additional floor for residential use (GR: 355558/116148)

Received
24 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL COLLEGE
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 80 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 53 - 55 Princes Street Yeovil Somerset BA20 1EE. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 7 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,581 applications in total for the BA20 postcode area.

96% of full 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 1EE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2007
Target decision date
2 November 2007
Committee meeting
1 January 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Favonius And Co Architects The New Barn Odstock Salisbury Wiltshire SP5 4NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Yeovil
  • Listed building: Grade II: 50 and 52, Princes StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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

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© 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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