Blackwater Cottage Blackwater Road Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3LE
Approved on 11 May 2015
Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of dwelling to a mixed use to include B&B (Use Class C1) (Retrospective). (GR 326556/115178)
- Received
- 17 March 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- BLACKDOWN
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Blackwater Cottage Blackwater Road Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3LE. 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 have been 4 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 3LE
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Buckland St Mary
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2015
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 May
Erection of single garage.
ApprovedApplication26/01010/HOU - 200827 Oct
The erection of a detatched garage and home office (GR 326556/115178
Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application08/04608/FUL - 200822 Jul
The erection of a double garage with home office over (GR 326556/115178
WithdrawnFull Application08/03217/FUL - 20054 Oct
Proposed removal of existing extension and erection of two storey extension to rear elevation of property and…
Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application05/02640/FUL
Source: South Somerset
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