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Land Rear Of 25 To 27 Fore Street Chard TA20 1PS

23/01862/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 May 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 5no. dwellings

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD NORTH
Agent
Trevor J Spurway (Architect) Ltd
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 216 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Rear Of 25 To 27 Fore Street Chard TA20 1PS. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 306 days, 38 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across CHARD NORTH. 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 1PS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Target decision date
13 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trevor J Spurway (Architect) Ltd
Architect profile
TREVOR J SPURWAY (ARCHITECT) LIMITED
Agent address
55 Staplegrove Road Taunton TA1 1DG England

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12283538
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ChardPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: First Floor Front, 35 Fore Street, ChardRegister 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 (19)

flood storage 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    16 Nov

    The erection of 8 No. dwellings.

    RefusedFull Application20/03315/FUL

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