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Bridgwater College Academy, Parkway, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4QY

08/18/00165Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of three storey school building accommodating the main entrance, library, dining, science and general classroom accommodation, additional car parking facilities and external landscaping.

Submitted
16 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bridgwater College Academy, Parkway, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4QY. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days. 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 4QY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2018
Consultation start
20 August 2018
Target decision date
22 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Malt House 17-20 Sydney Buildings Bath BA26BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
37 days

Additional information

Documents
74

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (22)

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, 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

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© 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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