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Huckham Farm, 16 Berhill, Ashcott, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9QN

01/25/00002Notice of Proposed Agricultural Devt.Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 February 2025

Council decision: Formal Application Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed erection of an agricultural building.

Submitted
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 19 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application at Huckham Farm, 16 Berhill, Ashcott, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9QN. Sedgemoor has handled 152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 postcode area.

96% of all applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA7 9QN
Application type
Notice of Proposed Agricultural Devt.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashcott

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Consultation start
11 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
County Court Chambers Queen Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 3DA

Additional information

Documents
18

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 May

    Replacement of livestock buildings and covered cattle race.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission01/26/00006

Source: Sedgemoor

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