1 Forton Road Chard TA20 2HJ
Approved on 13 April 2017
Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of orangery on east elevation of dwellinghouse
- Received
- 27 February 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD JOCELYN
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided13 Apr
Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 1 Forton Road Chard TA20 2HJ. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.
96% of full 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 2HJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chard
- District
- WEST
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2017
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chard
- Listed building: Grade II: Group of 5 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres East South East of Corner of Parish ChurchOn or next to this site
- 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 (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, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201712 May
Application to fell a blue cypress tree within a designated conservation area
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area17/02145/TCA - 20145 Dec
Application to pollard 1 No. Horse Chestnut tree within a conservation area (GR 332369/108170
ApprovedTree(s) in Conservation Area14/05431/TCA - 20142 Jul
The erection of garden shed and greenhouse. (GR 332369/108170
Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application14/02952/FUL
Source: South Somerset
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