Former Compactor Yard, Saltlands, Bridgwater, Somerset
Proposal
Redevelopment of site to provide relocated school transport depot. Works include; surfacing, drainage, lighting, fencing, installation of office building and associated works.
- Received
- 14 September 2020
- Decided
- 8 October 2020 · Raise Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 24 days (council typically 35)
This is a planning application at Former Compactor Yard, Saltlands, Bridgwater, Somerset. Sedgemoor has handled 152 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 19 days. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 days longer than Sedgemoor's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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