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9 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PH

17/02735/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 January 2021

Proposal

Alterations and change of use from retail and office to form 3 No. 1 bedroom flats. Alterations and change of use of first floor courtroom and rear ground floor shop to community (D1), shop (A1) office (A2) and cafe (A3)

Received
16 June 2017
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD COMBE
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 1297 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 9 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1PH. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 1PH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2017
Target decision date
28 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Friarn Lawn Bridgwater TA6 3LL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Dismissed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
34
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (18)

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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    16 Jun

    Alterations and change of use from retail and office to form 3 No. 1 bedroom flats. Alterations and change of…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside17/02734/FUL
  2. 2017
    16 Jun

    Alterations and change of use from retail and office to form 3 No. 1 bedroom flats. Alterations and change of…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent17/02735/LBC

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