Skip to content

Bridgwater Railway Station, St John Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5HB

08/23/00264Works to TreesApproved

Approved on 15 July 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

TPO tree group (G1) (various species) works where applicable: Crown lift to 3m from ground level & reduce branching laterals by 1-2m. Adjacent station (east) platform.

Submitted
12 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bridgwater Railway Station, St John Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5HB. Sedgemoor has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
TA6 5HB
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2023
Consultation start
12 June 2023
Target decision date
15 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Heather Farm Lansdown Lane Bath BA1 4NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
33 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    19 Jan

    Internal refurbishment/alterations to the shop on platform 2.

    ApprovedListed building consent08/23/00167
  2. 2022
    15 Mar

    Replacement of existing CCTV cameras with associated works.

    ApprovedListed building consent08/22/00031
  3. 2022
    19 Jan

    Refurbishment of existing platform door D.02 and main entrance door D.01, including the installation of…

    ApprovedListed building consent08/21/00195
  4. 2021
    4 Jun

    TPO tree group (G1) (various species) works where applicable: Crown lift to 3m from ground level & reduce…

    PendingWorks to Trees08/21/00063
  5. 2020
    10 Jun

    Repairs and renewal to footbridge and weather screen including render repairs, brick repairs, repointing of…

    ApprovedListed building consent08/20/00094
  6. 2019
    4 Nov

    Replacement of existing entrance doors to both forecourt and platform access with automatic operation for…

    WithdrawnListed building consent08/19/00181

Source: Sedgemoor

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near TA6

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report