83 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QT
Proposal
Notification for Prior Approval for the installation of No. 24 solar panels on the roof of garage building.
- Received
- 21 November 2023
- Decided
- 9 January 2024 · Application Permitted with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD SOUTH
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- ReceivedSubmitted21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Jan
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 46 days (council typically 42)
This is an outline application for a garage at 83 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QT. South Somerset has handled 638 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South Somerset's median. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across CHARD SOUTH. We hold 1,859 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Jan
Discharge of Conditions No. 4 (Parking) and No. 5 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Application…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/00072/DOC1 - 202424 Apr
Conversion of existing outbuilding used as a store with existing hotel use on the first floor, into 4 no…
Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application24/01016/FUL - 202230 Aug
Change of use of guest house (Use Class C1 Hotels) to dwelling (Use Class C3 Dwellinghouse)
Application Permitted with ConditionsChange of Use22/02487/COU
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chard
- 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, listed buildings, 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.
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