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Highway Farm Highway Ash Martock Somerset TA12 6NT

15/04005/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 19 October 2015

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land from sui generis- auction to sui generis- bus depot (GR:346779/120798).

Received
27 August 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
MARTOCK
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Highway Farm Highway Ash Martock Somerset TA12 6NT. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across MARTOCK. We hold 685 applications in total for the TA12 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
TA12 6NT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ash
District
NORTH

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2015
Target decision date
22 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Highway FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Somerset

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