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The Ferns Nursing Home 141 - 143 St Michaels Avenue Yeovil Somerset BA21 4LW

24/02919/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 March 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from C2 (former 39 person Licenced Residential Care Home currently unoccupied) to a 31 person HMO (Sui Generis) with external alterations and internal re-arrangements. Mixed single and two storey existing buildings.

Received
12 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL CENTRAL
Agent
M W Consultancy
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 88 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Ferns Nursing Home 141 - 143 St Michaels Avenue Yeovil Somerset BA21 4LW. South Somerset has handled 5,596 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 8 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across YEOVIL CENTRAL. We hold 1,641 applications in total for the BA21 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
BA21 4LW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2024
Target decision date
21 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
M W Consultancy
Agent address
20 Campion Drive Brympton Yeovil BA22 8QS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13624617
Documents
62

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Apr

    Discharge of Conditions No.08 (Construction Management Plan) and No.10 (Works Phasing Plan) of planning…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00866/DOC1
  2. 2024
    12 Dec

    Change of use from C2 (former 39 person Licenced Residential Care Home currently unoccupied) to a 31 person…

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsFull24/02919/FUL

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