The Guildhall Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PP

09/02379/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 September 2009

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Remove existing entrance and replace with glazed unit, construction of new internal entrance to Tourist Information Centre, installation of new reception on ground floor, and alterations on second floor to create office space(GR 332223/108558)

Received: 15 June 2009
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: CHARD HOLYROOD

ReceivedReceived15 Jun
ValidatedValidated1 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Aug
DecidedDecided15 Sep

Decided in 76 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Guildhall Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PP. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 7 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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: TA20 1PP
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 July 2009
Target decision date: 26 August 2009
Committee meeting: 1 January 2000

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 18
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Chard
Listed building: Grade II*: The GuildhallOn this site · +2 more
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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

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Source: South Somerset

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