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21 Fore Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3NH

08/22/00113Details of proposed agricultural dev.Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 August 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for the Prior Approval of the proposed change of use from Class E to mixed use, to form ground floor retail space and 2no. upper floor apartments.

Submitted
12 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 21 Fore Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3NH. Sedgemoor has handled 152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

96% of all 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 3NH
Application type
Details of proposed agricultural dev.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2022
Consultation start
21 July 2022
Target decision date
13 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Christleton Road Chester CH3 5UF

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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
  • 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, 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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