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The Court House, Northgate, Bridgwater, Somerset

08/18/00184Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a detached dwelling (revised scheme).

Submitted
14 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Court House, Northgate, Bridgwater, Somerset. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2018
Consultation start
20 September 2018
Target decision date
15 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Somerset House Lower Middle Street Taunton TA1 1SF

Planning decision

Statutory period
31 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Bridgwater Magistrates Court, The Court House, Northgate, Bridgwater, TA6 3EURegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    13 Jul

    Erection of a detached dwelling.

    RefusedFull Planning Permission08/18/00109

Source: Sedgemoor

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