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Land North Of Tatworth Road And Adjacent To Forton Road Chard Somerset TA20 2JQ

15/04772/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 August 2017

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Development of up to 200 residential dwellings (including up to 35% affordable housing), introduction of structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space and children's play area, surface water attenuation, access points form Forton Road and Tatworth Road and associated ancillary works (outline) (GR 332536/107629)

Received
21 October 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD HOLYROOD
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 643 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Tatworth Road And Adjacent To Forton Road Chard Somerset TA20 2JQ. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 651 days, 87 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 2JQ
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
200
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2015
Target decision date
28 January 2016
Committee meeting
20 April 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04577542
Documents
84
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    22 Oct

    Non-material amendment to approval 18/01902/REM

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/03030/NMA

Source: South Somerset

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