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The Watergate Hotel, 10-11 West Quay, Bridgwater, TA6 3HW

08/17/00093Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 May 2017

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of ground floor as a restaurant.

Submitted
25 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Watergate Hotel, 10-11 West Quay, Bridgwater, TA6 3HW. Sedgemoor has handled 184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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
TA6 3HW
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness for Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2017
Consultation start
2 May 2017
Target decision date
27 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Woodside Road Brislington Bristol BS4 4DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Castle Wall, Watergate and UndercroftOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 12-14 West Quay, Bridgwater, TA6 3HWRegister site at or near this address

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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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