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Pennys Blackwater Road Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3LD

25/02880/HOUHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Adapt and extend existing outbuilding to provide a self-contained fully ancillary residential annexe.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Council
South Somerset
Ward
CHARD NORTH
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 105 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Pennys Blackwater Road Buckland St Mary Chard Somerset TA20 3LD. South Somerset has handled 5,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 9 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 44 applications across CHARD NORTH. 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 3LD
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buckland St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Target decision date
29 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14532802
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Axe SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Blackdown Hills
  • 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 (20)

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, 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
    2 Dec

    Adapt and extend existing outbuilding to provide a self-contained fully ancillary residential annexe.

    This applicationApplication Permitted with ConditionsFull25/02880/HOU
  2. 2025
    2 Dec

    Renovation and extension of the existing dwelling, including two storey side extension to Eastern Elevation…

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongside25/02881/HOU

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