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5 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DD

08/22/00196Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office to a 8 person HMO.

Submitted
14 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 131 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DD. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 14 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridgwater Central Area and Dock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TA6 3DD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2022
Consultation start
10 March 2023
Target decision date
25 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
County Court Chambers Queen Street Bridgwater TA6 3DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
131 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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
  • Listed building: Grade I: 5, Castle StreetOn this site · +7 more
  • Brownfield land register: 12-14 West Quay, Bridgwater, TA6 3HWRegister site at or near this address

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    14 Nov

    Change of use from office to a 8 person HMO.

    This applicationApprovedFull08/22/00196
  2. 2022
    14 Nov

    Change of use from office to a 8 person HMO.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside08/22/00197

Source: Sedgemoor

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