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Brookhayes Farm, Bell Lane, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8LR

22/26/00003Cert. of Lawfulness for Proposed Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 May 2026

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed incorporation of the existing three-bay garage into the approved agricultural worker's dwelling above.

Submitted
19 May 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 5 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Brookhayes Farm, Bell Lane, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8LR. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 4 weeks quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 postcode area.

94% of outline 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 8LR
Application type
Cert. of Lawfulness for Proposed Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cossington

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Consultation start
20 May 2026
Target decision date
24 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Maxwell Street Taunton TA2 6HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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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