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Land At Mitchell Gardens (Snowdon Farm) Shepherds Lane Chard Somerset TA20 1QU

11/04212/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 26 April 2012

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of 61 residential dwellings with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, landscaping, site re-grading and related infrastructure and engineering works (GR 331600/108500)

Received
17 October 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
45
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD HOLYROOD
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 182 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Mitchell Gardens (Snowdon Farm) Shepherds Lane Chard Somerset TA20 1QU. South Somerset has handled 5,596 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 21 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 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
TA20 1QU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
61
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2011
Target decision date
26 January 2012
Committee meeting
18 April 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Helmont House Churchill Way Cardiff CF10 2HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Allowed subject to conditions

Additional information

Documents
248
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    6 Mar

    Application to vary condition 19 (approved plans) of permission 11/04212/FUL

    Application Permitted with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)13/01018/S73
  2. 2011
    17 Oct

    Development of 61 residential dwellings with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, landscaping, site…

    This applicationRefusedFull11/04212/FUL

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