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Yeovil Court Hotel 175 West Coker Road Yeovil Somerset BA20 2HE

23/00339/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2023

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations and improvements to hotel, including addition of plant room extension to rear of ground floor, and side extension to west side elevation at ground floor level.

Received
7 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
South Somerset
Ward
COKER
Agent
Alan J Young Ltd
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 167 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at Yeovil Court Hotel 175 West Coker Road Yeovil Somerset BA20 2HE. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 18 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across COKER. We hold 1,581 applications in total for the BA20 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
BA20 2HE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Coker

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2023
Target decision date
4 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan J Young Ltd
Agent address
The Lodge Penn Hill BA20 1SF Yeovil BA20 1SF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3336709
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 April 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
3322559
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 October 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11907304
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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, 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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