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Car Parking Space, 40A Church Street, Highbridge, Somerset

11/26/00038Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of fire damaged former bicycle repair shop and erection of 2 No. flats with garages beneath.

Submitted
24 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 79 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Car Parking Space, 40A Church Street, Highbridge, Somerset. Sedgemoor has handled 143 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 6 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 118 applications in total for the TA9 postcode area.

91% of full planning permission 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
TA9 3BW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Parish
Burnham & Highbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Evans

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)Part of the 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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