Chard Equestrian Ltd Whitehouse Farm Windwhistle Cricket St Thomas Chard Somerset TA20 4BP
Approved on 26 February 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing 2No. buildings containing 125No. stables and implement shed, 3No. sanded riding arenas and hardstanding used for access and parking areas used in connection with the equestrian use of the land.
- Received
- 20 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- ILMINSTER
- Agent
- LRM Planning
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Chard Equestrian Ltd Whitehouse Farm Windwhistle Cricket St Thomas Chard Somerset TA20 4BP. South Somerset has handled 1,560 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 53 applications across ILMINSTER. We hold 1,867 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.
95% of amendment 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 4BP
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Winsham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- LRM Planning
- Agent address
- Winslade Park Manor Drive Exeter EX5 1FY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20204 Aug
Prior notification for the erection of a portal steel frame agricultural storage building for housing of…
ApprovedAgricultural application 56 days20/02227/AG1 - 202024 Jun
Erection of a portal steel frame agricultural storage building for housing of agricultural machinery and…
ApprovedAgricultural notification 28 days20/01821/AGN
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