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Mornington House, Compton Lane, Townsend, Axbridge, BS26 2HP

02/12/00004Conservation Area Consent for DemolitionApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 9 March 2012

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey glazed extension to front elevation, enclosure of front entrance with canopy, double glazing and door and erection of rear porch canopy, demolition of existing roof and part of bin store wall.

Submitted
27 January 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Mornington House, Compton Lane, Townsend, Axbridge, BS26 2HP. Sedgemoor has handled 413 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Axbridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the BS26 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 2HP
Application type
Conservation Area Consent for Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Axbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2012
Consultation start
3 February 2012
Target decision date
9 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mid Levels Crossmoor Road Axbridge Somerset BS26 2DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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
  • 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, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2012
    27 Jan

    Erection of single storey glazed extension to front elevation, enclosure of front entrance with canopy…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside02/12/00003
  2. 2012
    27 Jan

    Erection of single storey glazed extension to front elevation, enclosure of front entrance with canopy…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage02/12/00004

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