Southay Farm Southay Lane Whitestaunton Chard Somerset TA20 3EB

24/02539/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 January 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Roofing over an existing farmyard manure store and yard area

Received: 28 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Somerset
Ward: CHARD NORTH

ReceivedReceived28 Oct
ValidatedValidated12 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Jan
DecidedDecided14 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Southay Farm Southay Lane Whitestaunton Chard Somerset TA20 3EB. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 5 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across CHARD NORTH. 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 3EB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Whitestaunton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 November 2024
Target decision date: 7 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Sheamus Machin
Agent address: Windover Farm Barn Madford Hemyock Cullompton EX15 3QX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13519995
Comments: 0
Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
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 (20)

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, 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.

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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.

Source: South Somerset

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