Wessex Water Authority Temple Lane Templecombe Somerset BA8 0JB
Approved on 17 August 2021
Council decision: SSDC no objection to County MatterDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
SCC/3865/2021 The application seeks to construct a stone / tarmac access road. Road to be 3.5m wide and approximately 220m long and will include up to 3 passing bays along the route, at which point the track will be 5.5m wide. Double leaf security gates will be located at the southern end of the access road. These will be 6m wide and 2.13m high. There will also be a 2.13m high chain link security fence leading from the hedgerow at the junction with Temple Lane to either side of the gates and along the east side of the access road going north to the WRC boundaryAdditional works associated with the scheme will be constructed under Wessex Water's permitted development rights and are detailed in the Environment and Planning Statement included with this application.
- Received
- 2 August 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- BLACKMOOR VALE
- ReceivedReceived2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided17 Aug
Decided in 15 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application at Wessex Water Authority Temple Lane Templecombe Somerset BA8 0JB. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across BLACKMOOR VALE. We hold 297 applications in total for the BA8 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
- BA8 0JB
- Application type
- Consultation with County Planning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Abbas/Templecombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 August 2021
- Target decision date
- 23 August 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
- 202120 Oct
Application to remove the need for a cellular confinement system for tree root protection, given that all…
ApprovedConsultation with County Planning21/03203/CPO - 202123 Mar
Application to remove 3 Hedgerows to facilitate installation of Temporary Access Track to Templecombe Water…
ApprovedHedgerows21/00974/HDG - 202112 Mar
Application to carry out removal works to eight areas of hedgerow
ApprovedHedgerows21/00843/HDG
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