Malvern House, Bridgwater Road, East Brent, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4HR
Refused on 23 September 2026
Council decision: Refuse Planning Permission
Proposal
Conversion of ground floor garage and first floor bedroom into 2No. 1-bedroom flats, and erection of single storey extension to the South elevation.
- Submitted
- 5 August 2026
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated5 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 49 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Malvern House, Bridgwater Road, East Brent, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4HR. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 118 applications in total for the TA9 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
- TA9 4HR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Brent
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Bishopbrook House Cathedral Avenue Sharpham Wells BA5 1FD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shanta Parsons
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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