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7 Clare Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3EN

08/23/00357Prior Approval Shop/Bank to DwellingsWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 16 December 2023

Council decision: Withdrawn (after registration)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to No. 2 Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3).

Submitted
13 November 2023
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 7 Clare Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3EN. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 33 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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.

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 3EN
Application type
Prior Approval Shop/Bank to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2023
Consultation start
13 November 2023
Target decision date
16 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
41 Baymead Lane North Petherton Somerset United Kingdom TA6 6RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
33 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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: The Avenue ArcadeOn or next to this site · +3 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 (20)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Sedgemoor

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