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Lower Colley Farm Colley Farm Lane Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3QD

22/02754/HOUHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 December 2022

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 18 Ground Mounted Solar Panels on 3 frames of 6 panels

Received
27 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
BLACKDOWN, TATWORTH & FORTON
Agent
Solar-Frames (South West) Ltd
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Lower Colley Farm Colley Farm Lane Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3QD. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 4 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

96% of full 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
TA20 3QD
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckland St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2022
Target decision date
2 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Solar-Frames (South West) Ltd
Agent address
The Old Rectory St Juliot The Old Rectory BOSCASTLE PL35 0BT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11574836
Comments
0
Documents
25
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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, 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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© 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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Source: South Somerset

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