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68 Friarn Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LJ

08/26/00096Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 November 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduce the overall height of 1No. Lime (T1) by approx. 2-3m and reduce the lateral spread by 1-2m all round to provide clearance from the adjacent garage and manage its size in relation to the limited space available leaving the tree approx. final height of 3m and approx. final lateral spread of 2-3m.

Submitted
9 October 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 32 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 68 Friarn Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LJ. Sedgemoor has handled 23 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 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

100% of works to trees in conservation area 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 3LJ
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Parish
Bridgwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Robin Offer

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Sedgemoor

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