83 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QT
Proposal
Conversion of existing outbuilding used as a store with existing hotel use on the first floor, into 4 no. letting rooms for Watermead Guest House.
- Received
- 24 April 2024
- Decided
- 2 July 2024 · Application Permitted with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD SOUTH
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- ReceivedSubmitted24 Apr
- ValidatedValidated10 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 83 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QT. South Somerset has handled 5,613 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 69 days, 10 days longer than South Somerset's median. 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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Associated applications
- 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…
This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsFull24/01016/FUL
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202321 Nov
Notification for Prior Approval for the installation of No. 24 solar panels on the roof of garage building.
Application Permitted with ConditionsPrior Approval Solar Photovoltaics (PV)23/02942/PAPV - 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)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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