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Land to the West of, Summerway Drove, East Bower, Bridgwater

08/23/00369Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 November 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed construction, operation and decommissioning of a 90MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility and associated infrastructure

Submitted
29 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 340 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land to the West of, Summerway Drove, East Bower, Bridgwater. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 340 days, 44 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2023
Consultation start
19 October 2024
Target decision date
3 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
iCon Innovation Centre Eastern Way Daventry NN11 0QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
340 days

Additional information

Documents
88

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)
  • Listed building: Grade II: The BeechesOn or next to this site

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, conservation 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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© 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.

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