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53 Church Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5AT

08/20/00110Householder Prior ApprovalRefused
Householder

Refused on 29 August 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed erection of a single storey extension extending 5.4m from the rear (West) elevation.

Submitted
20 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 53 Church Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5AT. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 5 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater St John's conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TA6 5AT
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2020
Consultation start
7 August 2020
Target decision date
29 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Bridgwater St John's

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.

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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