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Balsters Farm Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT

08/03225/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2008

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of outbuilding to holiday cottage (GR 346859/113657)

Received
25 July 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
PARRETT
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Balsters Farm Lower Street West Chinnock Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7PT. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 4 weeks 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.

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
TA18 7PT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Chinnock

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2008
Target decision date
3 October 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
0
Constraints
13

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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