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Leighton House, St. Marys Street, Axbridge, BS262BN

02/09/00033Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2009

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of replacement dwelling on site of existing (to be demolished), erection of garage/workshop, demolition of existing garages

Submitted
2 November 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Leighton House, St. Marys Street, Axbridge, BS262BN. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 11 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.

97% of full 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
BS26 2BN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2009
Consultation start
12 November 2009
Target decision date
18 December 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 St Pauls Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
46 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Axbridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Georgian HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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.

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.

Source: Sedgemoor

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