Skip to content

Land At East Street Chard Somerset

21/00927/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 February 2024

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)24 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erection of 70 bed residential care home (Use Class C2) with associated car parking and landscaping, creation of new vehicular and pedestrian access from East Street, upgrade of existing pedestrian access and demolition of existing buildings and other structures on site.

Received
17 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD SOUTH
Agent
Nexus Planning
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 1022 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At East Street Chard Somerset. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across CHARD SOUTH.

96% of full applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2021
Target decision date
12 August 2021
Decision issued
29 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nexus Planning
Agent address
Eastgate 2 Castle Street Castlefield Manchester M34LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal history

3292602
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 August 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09487380
Documents
166

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    18 Sep

    Discharge of Condition No. 5 (CEMP) of Planning Application 21/00927/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02212/DOC1
  2. 2026
    21 Aug

    S73 Application to vary Condition No's 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 & 23 to allow…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01981/S73
  3. 2021
    17 Mar

    Erection of 70 bed residential care home (Use Class C2) with associated car parking and landscaping, creation…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsFull21/00927/FUL

Source: South Somerset

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

For the applicant

Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site

Conditions 05, 06 and 13 on the decision ask for this.

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.