48 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA
Approved on 8 July 2025
Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
To block up an old fire escape on the top floor at the rear of the property and cover with fireproof cladding
- Received
- 2 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived2 May
- ValidatedValidated30 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Jul
- DecidedDecided8 Jul
Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 48 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 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 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 1QA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chard Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 July 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chard
- 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
- 202416 Dec
Prior Approval for Proposed Change of Use to form No. 1 unit of Town Centre living accommodation.
Application Permitted with ConditionsPrior Approval Sch2 Part 3 Class MA24/02948/P3MA - 201114 Sep
Alterations and the change of use of beauty salon to 1 No. dwellinghouse. (GR 332443/108611
Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application11/03575/FUL
Source: South Somerset
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