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Land Adjacent Forton Road Chard Somerset TA20 2HR

11/03741/EIASSEIA Screening and Scoping RequestApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 September 2011

Council decision: EIA Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development - 72 dwellings.

Received
5 September 2011
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD JOCELYN
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 15 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent Forton Road Chard Somerset TA20 2HR. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 2HR
Application type
EIA Screening and Scoping Request
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
72
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2011
Target decision date
3 October 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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