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Land to the North of Mark Road (B3139), and West of, Baldwins Lane, Watchfield, Highbridge

12/25/00014Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Proposal

Two Self Build Houses on land at Baldwins Lane.

Submitted
16 January 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 238 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land to the North of Mark Road (B3139), and West of, Baldwins Lane, Watchfield, Highbridge. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 29 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. 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
Small
Parish
Burnham Without

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Target decision date
21 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Driftwood House Hurn Lane Berrow Burnham On Sea TA8 2QT

Planning decision

Case officer
Dean Titchener
Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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.

© 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.

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