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Barnabas House 1 Higher Kingston Yeovil BA21 4AS

18/03780/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 February 2019

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from hostel used as supported living for adults with learning difficulties (sui generis use) to house in multiple occupation (11 bedsits) for accommodation for medical students for a temporary period of 3 years (retrospective).

Received
26 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Agent
RHM Planning & Design Partnership
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Barnabas House 1 Higher Kingston Yeovil BA21 4AS. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 6 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,640 applications in total for the BA21 postcode area.

95% of amendment 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
BA21 4AS
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil
District
Parishward: Central

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2018
Target decision date
12 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
RHM Planning & Design Partnership
Architect profile
RHM PLANNING & DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
19 Russell Grove Henleaze BRISTOL BS6 7UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07445035
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    28 May

    Discharge of Condition No. 03 (bicycle parking) of planning consent 18/03780/COU

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01521/DOC
  2. 2018
    26 Nov

    Change of use from hostel used as supported living for adults with learning difficulties (sui generis use) to…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsAmendment18/03780/COU

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