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Land To The Rear Of, 27-28 Cornhill, Bridgwater, TA6 3AY

08/17/00212Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 November 2017

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Erection of a 4 storey building to form 4no. HMO units, on site of existing single storey building (to be demolished).

Submitted
15 September 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 61 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To The Rear Of, 27-28 Cornhill, Bridgwater, TA6 3AY. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 4 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 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
TA6 3AY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2017
Consultation start
31 October 2017
Target decision date
15 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Walgaston Farm Mobley Berkeley GL13 9EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
41

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: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Leeds Permanent Building SocietyOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Bridgwater Post Office, 27-28, Cornhill, Bridgwater, TA6 3AYRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (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.

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