58 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA

14/02719/COUChange of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 September 2014

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of first floor from offices (Use Class B1) to residential (Use Class C3) and a mixed use of restaurant (Use Class A3) and take away food (Use Class A5) on ground floor (Retrospective). (GR 332468/108618)

Received: 18 June 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: CHARD HOLYROOD
Agent: Salmon Planning Company

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated18 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Aug
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 92 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 58 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA. South Somerset has handled 1,560 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 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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 1QA
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 June 2014
Target decision date: 13 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Salmon Planning Company
Architect profile: SALMON PLANNING COMPANY LIMITED
Agent address: Salmon Planning Company 2 Priory Road Wells Somerset BA5 1SY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03463618
Comments: 0
Documents: 16
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Chard
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, 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.

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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.

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Change of first floor from offices (Use Class B1) to residential (Use Class C3) and a mixed use of restaurant…
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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Somerset

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