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8 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3BH

08/23/00279Listed Building Consent - alterationsApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 26 August 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of shop (Class E) to betting shop (sui generis), including replacement of air conditioning unit to the rear (North) elevation and re-painting of the fascia with illuminated lettering to the front (South) elevation, also with internal works.

Submitted
25 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 8 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3BH. Sedgemoor has handled 413 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 has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 3BH
Application type
Listed Building Consent - alterations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Consultation start
28 July 2023
Target decision date
26 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 York Place Leeds LS1 2DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
  • Listed building: Grade II: Royal Clarence HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: Bridgwater Post Office, 27-28, Cornhill, Bridgwater, TA6 3AYRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (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. 2023
    25 Jul

    Change of use of shop (Class E) to betting shop (sui generis), including replacement of air conditioning unit…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside08/23/00278
  2. 2023
    25 Jul

    Change of use of shop (Class E) to betting shop (sui generis), including replacement of air conditioning unit…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage08/23/00279

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