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The Old Stables, 6 Smallways Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9EG

19/24/00012Listed Building Consent - alterationsApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 5 March 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposal is to refurbish the existing (non listed) building and footprint. Alter and adapt existing internal and external openings. Form new window and door openings. Remove the existing glazed structure (south elevation) and add a new kitchen dining area with tiled mono pitch roof. Extend the new roofline to clad a new single storey extension abutting the west wall of The Tower Houe (Grade 2). Add a new photovoltaic (PV) array to the roofline of the south elevation.

Submitted
23 December 2024
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 72 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at The Old Stables, 6 Smallways Lane, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9EG. Sedgemoor has handled 413 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 5 weeks longer 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.

96% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent - alterations
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chilton Polden

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation start
22 January 2025
Target decision date
5 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Locks Hill Frome Somerset BA11 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Tower HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    23 Dec

    Proposal is to refurbish the existing (non listed) building and footprint. Alter and adapt existing internal…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside19/24/00011
  2. 2024
    23 Dec

    Proposal is to refurbish the existing (non listed) building and footprint. Alter and adapt existing internal…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage19/24/00012

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