Land At Buckmoor Farm Castlemain Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset

15/01312/COLCertificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 5 May 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness in respect of the existing use of a building for use as a single dwellinghouse. (GR 327236/114408)

Received: 11 March 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: BLACKDOWN

ReceivedReceived11 Mar
ValidatedValidated11 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 May
DecidedDecided5 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At Buckmoor Farm Castlemain Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Buckland St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 March 2015
Target decision date: 6 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 12
Constraints: 8

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
National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
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 (20)

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, 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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Source: South Somerset

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