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23 Grove Avenue Yeovil Somerset BA20 2BD

15/04901/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 February 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The change of use of premises from a residential care home to an HMO providing 8 single rooms in a shared house (GR 354882/116247)

Received
28 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL SUMMERLANDS
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 104 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Grove Avenue Yeovil Somerset BA20 2BD. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 9 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Yeovil The Park conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,581 applications in total for the BA20 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
BA20 2BD
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil
District
Parishward: Park

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2015
Target decision date
23 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Foxgloves 11 North Street Stoke Sub Hamdon Somerset TA14 6QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
46
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Yeovil The Park
  • 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, 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    30 Mar

    Discharge of condition No.s 04 (cycle parking), 05 (parking layout) and 06 (surface water) of 15/04901/COU

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/01412/DOC
  2. 2015
    28 Oct

    The change of use of premises from a residential care home to an HMO providing 8 single rooms in a shared…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsAmendment15/04901/COU

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