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40 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PT

15/04932/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 January 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The display of 3 No. signs on front and side elevation (GR 332367/108600)

Received
28 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD HOLYROOD
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 40 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PT. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 4 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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 1PT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2015
Target decision date
11 January 2016
Committee meeting
1 January 2000

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chard
  • Listed building: Grade II: 34 Fore Street and attached gate pierOn this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: First Floor Front, 35 Fore Street, ChardRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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