8 Townsend Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, TA7 9EL
Withdrawn on 1 March 2009
Council decision: Withdrawn (after registration)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolish existing garage and sun lounge. Proposed two storey extension to the side & single storey extension to the rear. Extend bed 3 to form gable end to front elevation.
- Submitted
- 23 January 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided1 Mar
Decided in 37 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 8 Townsend Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, TA7 9EL. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 37 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- TA7 9EL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chilton Polden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2009
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2009
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2009
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 37 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200922 Jun
Erection of single storey rear extension, first floor front extension and replacement of flat roof with…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission19/09/00010 - 200924 Mar
Erection of single storey rear extension partly on site of existing(to be demolished), extension to first…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission19/09/00006
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