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The Old Rectory Farthings Pen Selwood Wincanton BA9 8LS

15/05423/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 January 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of rear walls to single storey ground floor extension to rear and reconstruction, new opening between sitting room and rear extension, relocation of kitchen and ground floor WC, change roof and line walls to vestibule, add bathroom and new window to first floor, replace first floor window and change configuration of attic rooms including new bathroom. (GR:375607/131464)

Received
4 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
TOWER
Agent
Rob Brown Architectural Design
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Old Rectory Farthings Pen Selwood Wincanton BA9 8LS. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 575 applications in total for the BA9 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
BA9 8LS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pen Selwood
District
EAST

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2015
Target decision date
29 January 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rob Brown Architectural Design
Agent address
1 West End Spetisbury Blandford Dorset DT11 9DG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04670655
Comments
0
Documents
33
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old RectoryOn this site · +3 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Source: South Somerset

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