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St Edwards Church, Goathurst, Bridgwater, TA5 2DE

29/26/00005Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey extension to North elevation of the nave, partially on site of existing boiler room (to be demolished), and new external path/paving.

Submitted
4 August 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 45 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at St Edwards Church, Goathurst, Bridgwater, TA5 2DE. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 10 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 788 applications in total for the TA5 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
TA5 2DE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goathurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Consultation start
4 August 2026
Target decision date
5 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Glove Factory Studios 1 Brook Lane Holt Bradford-on-Avon BA14 6RL

Planning decision

Case officer
Tabitha Tweedie
Statutory period
32 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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© 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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