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Land Rear Of Nursery Gardens And Fordham Grange Nursery Gardens Chard Somerset TA20 1HA

24/01588/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed ground mounted solar energy generation system and associated infrastructure and access arrangements for a temporary period of 40 years

Received
10 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD SOUTH
Agent
Boon Brown Architects Ltd
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 219 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land Rear Of Nursery Gardens And Fordham Grange Nursery Gardens Chard Somerset TA20 1HA. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 28 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 1HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chard Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2024
Target decision date
28 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Boon Brown Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BOON BROWN LIMITED
Agent address
Boon Brown Architects Motivo Alvington Yeovil Somerset BA20 2FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal history

6007773
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
3365274
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 21 November 2025Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13218180
Comments
0
Documents
53

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, conservation 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, 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.

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.

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    10 Jul

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