Former Gas Depot Furnham Road Chard Somerset TA20 1HE
Approved on 8 March 2012
Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of former gas depot (Use Class B2) for the siting of 93 self storage units (Use Class B8) with associated access (GR 332746/108954)
- Received
- 18 October 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD COMBE
- ReceivedReceived18 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided8 Mar
Decided in 87 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Gas Depot Furnham Road Chard Somerset TA20 1HE. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 14 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 1HE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Chard
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2011
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- WYG Planning & Design Hawkridge House Chelston Business Park Wellington TA21 8YA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
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