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Land to the North of, Orchard Lea, Smallways Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, TA7 9EG

19/15/00014Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 August 2015

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to equestrian and erection of new and replacement stables

Submitted
13 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 29 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land to the North of, Orchard Lea, Smallways Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, TA7 9EG. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 6 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9EG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chilton Polden

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2015
Consultation start
17 July 2015
Target decision date
11 August 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Trethevy Barn South Petherwin Launceston Cornwall PL15 7JL

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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