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Bowers Farm Steart Road Babcary Somerton Somerset TA11 7EE

22/01657/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 August 2022

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The erection of a timber barn, amended driveway, and alterations to the existing stone barns including reinstating blocked doors, rainwater goods and part change of use of Barn B from agricultural to equestrian to accommodate two stables, a tack room and feed store.

Received
1 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CARY
Agent
Orme Ltd
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Bowers Farm Steart Road Babcary Somerton Somerset TA11 7EE. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 6 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 738 applications in total for the TA11 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
TA11 7EE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Babcary

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2022
Target decision date
31 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Orme Ltd
Architect profile
ORME LTD
Agent address
Orme Ltd Mill Farm Barns Tuckers Lane Baltonsborough Glastonbury BA6 8RH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11284305
Comments
0
Documents
0

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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    9 Jan

    Extension to replace unsatisfactory 20th century timber frame conservatory extension. Light reconfigurations…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsHouseholder23/00049/HOU
  2. 2023
    9 Jan

    Extension to replace unsatisfactory 20th century timber frame conservatory extension. Light reconfigurations…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent23/00050/LBC
  3. 2022
    22 Sep

    Discharge of Condition No.4 (Archaeology) for Planning Application 22/01656/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02708/DOC1
  4. 2012
    3 Sep

    Installation of 20 no. solar panels to roof of outbuilding (GR:356260/127728

    Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent12/03475/LBC
  5. 2008
    30 Sep

    Internal and external alterations and conversion of barn to form a self contained annexe to the main house…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent08/04201/LBC
  6. 2008
    30 Sep

    Internal and external alterations and conversion of barn to form a self contained annexe to the main house…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application08/04200/FUL

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