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66 Middle Street Yeovil Somerset BA20 1LX

22/01676/P3MAPA COU Class E to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 July 2022

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for proposed Change of use from commercial, business and Service use ( Class E) to dwellinghouse ( Class C3). Proposed conversion of 1st and 2nd floor office space into 4 one bedroom and 2 two bedroom self contained apartments, 3 per floor, including the formation of bin store on the ground floor and cycle store in the basement and the formation of a protected means of escape using existing entrances to the building,comprising a new stair case, passenger lift and associated partitions to form corridors.

Received
6 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL WESTLAND
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 66 Middle Street Yeovil Somerset BA20 1LX. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days 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 1,581 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 1LX
Application type
PA COU Class E to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2022
Target decision date
4 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Tower Lane Taunton Somerset TA1 4AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11301334
Comments
0
Documents
13

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
  • Brownfield land register: 66 Middle Street, YeovilRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    27 Feb

    Prior approval for proposed Change of use from commercial, business and Service use ( Class E) to…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsPA COU Class E to Dwelling24/00511/P3MA
  2. 2022
    14 Jun

    Proposed extension to upper floors to form 5 self contained apartments

    PendingFull Application22/01778/FUL
  3. 2018
    26 Jun

    Existing restaurant replace existing fascia sign and proposed advertisements consisting of internally…

    Application Permitted with ConditionsAdvertisement consent18/02015/ADV
  4. 2018
    20 Apr

    Installation of Aluminium shop front (Part retrospective)

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application18/01266/FUL
  5. 2006
    27 Jul

    Application to display externally illuminated shop sign. (GR: 355939/115915

    Application Permitted with ConditionsAdvertisement consent06/02675/ADV

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