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Kempsters Restaurant Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT

08/01894/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 June 2008

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of restaurant with letting rooms to dwelling (retrospective application) (GR 346854 / 113669)

Received
17 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
PARRETT
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kempsters Restaurant Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Chinnock conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2008
Target decision date
1 July 2008
Committee meeting
1 January 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent address
55 The Park Yeovil Somerset BA20 1DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
11

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
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2008
    17 Apr

    Change of use of restaurant with letting rooms to dwelling (retrospective application) (GR 346854 / 113669)

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsAmendment08/01894/COU
  2. 2008
    17 Apr

    Alterations to convert restaurant with letting rooms to dwelling to include the removal of sanitary fittings…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside08/01895/LBC

Source: South Somerset

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