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Land south of, Broadway, Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7

26/25/00001Overhead Electric LineApproved

Approved on 5 February 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification under the Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 for The refurbishment of the pole mounted transformer on pole no. 21CA119B, including the replacement of existing 50kVa transformer with a 100kVa transformer. The existing 10.5m medium pole will be replaced with 10.5m stout pole and the existing stay wire will also be replaced. The works will be accessed via a field gate next to Sheephays, Broadway, Edington, TA7 9JL (Grid Ref SW338522,139482) with all works being carried out next year.

Submitted
15 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 21 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land south of, Broadway, Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7. Sedgemoor has handled 152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

96% of all applications at Sedgemoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Overhead Electric Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Edington

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2025
Consultation start
28 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

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.

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