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Merrifield House Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6LG

23/02573/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 March 2024

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed relocation of a gas pipe and gas box to the front of property.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
South Somerset
Ward
MARTOCK
Agent
Hill Reading Architects
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Merrifield House Bower Hinton Martock Somerset TA12 6LG. South Somerset has handled 1,678 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 16 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Martock and Bower Hinton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across MARTOCK. We hold 685 applications in total for the TA12 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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
TA12 6LG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martock

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2024
Target decision date
27 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hill Reading Architects
Agent address
Hill Reading Architects Coach House Studio 34A Chamberlain Street Wells BA5 2PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12508661
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 (19)

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, 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

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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.

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Source: South Somerset

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