TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, George Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3NA
Proposal
Application for Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 08/25/00199 (Installation of 1No. customer switch and 1No. distribution network operator (DNO) substation, each within a glass reinforced plastic (GRP) enclosure) to allow for an increase in size to the customer switch and relocation toward the DNO substation.
- Received
- 2 September 2026
- Decided
- 17 September 2026 · Granted Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 15 days (council typically 35)
This is a planning application at TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, George Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3NA. Sedgemoor has handled 8 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 22 days. This one was decided in 15 days, 7 days quicker than Sedgemoor's median. 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 1,325 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Sedgemoor
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Associated applications
- 20262 Sep
Application for Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 08/25/00199
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment08/26/00090 - 20269 Mar
Installation of 1No. customer switch and 1No. distribution network operator (DNO) substation, each within a…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart of08/25/00199
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
Upgrades to the existing Bridgwater Telephone Exchange Building consisting of proposed 6no. antennas and…
PendingFull Planning Permission08/26/00059 - 202429 May
Removal of 6no. existing antennas and ancillary apparatus, and the installation of 6no. new antennas…
ApprovedTelecommunications Full Planning08/24/00084 - 20218 Dec
Notice of intent to install 1no. GPS module and 3no. RRUs. Ref 242002.
ApprovedTelecommunications Determination08/21/00187
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bridgwater Central Area and Dock
- 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.
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