Hillview, Edithmead Lane, Edithmead, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4HB

12/24/00010Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 13 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of land for the parking, turning and manoeuvring of heavy goods vehicles ancillary to the existing adjacent haulage and distribution business.

Submitted: 20 January 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted20 Jan
ValidatedValidated20 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Oct

Decided in 631 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Hillview, Edithmead Lane, Edithmead, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4HB. Sedgemoor has handled 143 applications of this type. This one was decided in 631 days, 85 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 4HB
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Parish: Burnham Without

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Shanta Parsons

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High 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 (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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sedgemoor

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