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26/01395/COU - Change of Use Approved

Proposal

Proposed change of use of public house to form one dwelling house. Change of use to incorporate the existing first floor residential accommodation as one two-storey dwelling house. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Sept 2026, 11:45

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Application progress

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Received

16 Jun 2026

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Validated

19 Jun 2026

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Committee

15 Sept 2026

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Approved

22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Committee (Use on Recommendations) · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Somerset South on 15 Sept 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because marketing showed no realistic prospect of continuing the public house, while the listed building would be preserved.
The parish council supported the proposal, and no objections were received from neighbours or other interested parties.
The committee unanimously granted permission subject to conditions and delegated authority for condition changes.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Somerset's committee minutes of 15 Sept 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Countryman Inn and Alma Cottages

List entry 1366386 · 7 m away · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade II)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show the other 8 with distances

32 mSouth Cary HouseGrade II
54 mKnowle House, and Front Boundary RailingsGrade II
55 mBelle Vue Villa and Ferndale Villa, With Front Boundary Walls and RailingsGrade II
64 mMaxdene, With Front Boundary RailingsGrade II
90 mSouth Dene, and Front Boundary Walls and RailingsGrade II
91 mSilver AshGrade II
125 mTudor Cottage, Fairdene, Unnamed Cottage and Dene CottageGrade II
143 mPark CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue Catchment

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Castle Cary conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Castle Cary built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: South Somerset
Application type: Change of Use
Postcode: BA7 7ET
Received: 16 Jun 2026
Validated: 19 Jun 2026
Ward: CASTLE CARY
Parish: Castle Cary
Target decision: 23 Sept 2026
Decision: Application Permitted with Conditions
Decision date: 22 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee (Use on Recommendations)
Applicant: Show
Agent: LXW Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 95 days from validation, 43 days slower than South Somerset's median of 52 for changes of use. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.

This one95d

Council52d

UK56d

62%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

99decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. South Somerset decision record →