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39 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PT

10/04362/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 December 2010

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class A1 (Retail) to Class A2 (Financial and Professional services) GR (332302/108619)

Received
27 October 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD COMBE
Agent
Crickmay Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided30 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 39 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PT. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 3 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 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
TA20 1PT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2010
Target decision date
30 December 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
Crickmay Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
22 London Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 1AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01266169
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ChardNext to the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: First Floor Front, 35 Fore Street, ChardRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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