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Blake Gardens, St Saviours Avenue, Bridgwater

08/20/00008Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of granite plinth

Submitted
19 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Blake Gardens, St Saviours Avenue, Bridgwater. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 13 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 19 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
19 March 2020
Consultation start
3 April 2020
Target decision date
6 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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
  • Brownfield land register: 5 Dampiet Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3LZRegister 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 (20)

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 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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