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Pearl House, Church Street, Bridgwater, Somerset

08/19/00220Prior Approval Offices to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 February 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Prior Approval for the proposed change of use of a building from Office Use (Use Class B1a) to 8no. Residential Dwellings (Use Class C3).

Submitted
6 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Pearl House, Church Street, Bridgwater, Somerset. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

94% of outline 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
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2020
Consultation start
13 January 2020
Target decision date
7 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Savannah House 3 Ocean Way Ocean Village Southampton SO14 3TJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
32

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)
  • Conservation area: Bridgwater St John'sNext to 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 (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.

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