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The Octagon The Avenue Sparkford Yeovil Somerset BA22 7JP

25/00517/HOUHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Ground floor extension of the existing modern accommodation, also the creation of a porch and some internal remodelling

Received
4 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CASTLE CARY
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at The Octagon The Avenue Sparkford Yeovil Somerset BA22 7JP. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 11 days quicker than South Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across CASTLE CARY. We hold 2,121 applications in total for the BA22 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
BA22 7JP
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sparkford

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Target decision date
30 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
blackledgedesign
Agent address
Homeleigh Broad Street Charlton Adam Somerton TA117AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13822964
Comments
0
Documents
12

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: 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: South Somerset

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