LloydsPharmacy 59 - 61 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA
Proposal
Prior approval for the proposed change of use of first floor from Class E commercial, business use to 1 No. flat (Class C3).
- Received
- 23 July 2025
- Decided
- 30 July 2025 · Application Withdrawn
- Council
- South Somerset
- Ward
- CHARD NORTH
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- ReceivedSubmitted23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Sep
- DecidedDecided30 Jul
Decided in 7 days (council typically 42)
This is an outline application for a change of use at LloydsPharmacy 59 - 61 Fore Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QA. South Somerset has handled 638 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 7 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Somerset's median. The site is in the Chard conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across CHARD NORTH. We hold 1,859 applications in total for the TA20 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Mar
Discharge of Condition no 3 (P-Credit Certificate of Allocation) of Planning Application 25/01931/COU
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions26/00708/DOC1 - 202531 Jul
Change of use of the first floor from office to a dwellinghouse.
Application Permitted with ConditionsChange of Use25/01931/COU - 202531 Jul
Alterations to the layout of the ground floor by adding stud walls to create appropriate work space for our…
Application Permitted with ConditionsListed building consent25/01932/LBC
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chard
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, 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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