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Doric House Old Town Chard Somerset TA20 2BD

22/03354/COLCertificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 February 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfullness Application for the proposed internal conversion from a hardware shop Class E (a) to a general convenience store Class E (a), no external building works

Received
1 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD HOLYROOD
Agent
Inception Planning Limited
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 82 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Doric House Old Town Chard Somerset TA20 2BD. South Somerset has handled 1,560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 6 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.

95% of amendment 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 2BD
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2022
Target decision date
26 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Inception Planning Limited
Agent address
Quatro House Frimley Road Camberley GU16 7ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11717990
Comments
0
Documents
9

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Somerset

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