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24 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PP

15/05504/ADVAdvert ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 12 February 2016

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The display of 2 No. externally illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. externally illuminated projecting sign. (GR 332264/108577)

Received
10 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD HOLYROOD
Agent
Walsingham Planning
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 24 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PP. South Somerset has handled 416 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 3 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

95% of advertising 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 1PP
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2015
Target decision date
16 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walsingham Planning
Agent address
Walsingham Planning Bourne House Cores End Road Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04643063
Comments
0
Documents
23
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chard
  • 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 (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, 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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    10 Dec

    Change of use of shop (Use Class A1) to a coffee shop (Use Class A1/A3) and alterations to include insertion…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull ApplicationFiled alongside15/05503/FUL
  2. 2015
    10 Dec

    The display of 2 No. externally illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. externally illuminated projecting sign…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsAdvertisement consent15/05504/ADV

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    17 Feb

    Discharge of condition No. 05 (outside seating) of 15/05503/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/00721/DOC

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