Middle Flat 55 The Park Yeovil Somerset BA20 1DF

21/02159/P3OPAPrior Approval Part 3 Class OApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 August 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of office to a residential flat.

Received: 28 June 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: YEOVIL SUMMERLANDS

ReceivedReceived28 Jun
ValidatedValidated28 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Aug
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Middle Flat 55 The Park Yeovil Somerset BA20 1DF. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Yeovil The Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,581 applications in total for the BA20 postcode area.

88% of outline 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: BA20 1DF
Application type: Prior Approval Part 3 Class O
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 June 2021
Target decision date: 23 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Highfield Leweston Sherborne DT9 6EL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 10
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Yeovil The Park
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 (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, 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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© 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.

Source: South Somerset

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