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Chard Police Station Millfield Chard Somerset TA20 2DA

24/00159/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2024

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to existing Police Station, including fenestration, addition of PV panels, air source heat pump, fencing, gates, bollards and signage.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD SOUTH
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Chard Police Station Millfield Chard Somerset TA20 2DA. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 4 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 36 applications across CHARD SOUTH. 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 2DA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2024
Target decision date
5 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pembroke House 15 Pembroke Road Bristol BS8 3BA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3356085
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 30 April 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3342453
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 August 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12705674
Documents
38

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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 May

    Discharge of Condition No. 3 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Application 24/00159/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions24/01165/DOC1
  2. 2024
    19 Jan

    Alterations to existing Police Station, including fenestration, addition of PV panels, air source heat pump…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsFull24/00159/FUL
  3. 2024
    19 Jan

    Display of 1No. internally illuminated fascia sign

    Application Permitted with ConditionsAdvertisement consentFiled alongside24/00160/ADV

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