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Land to the South of, Claygate, Main Road, West Lyng, Taunton, Somerset, TA3

32/19/00009Prior Approval-Pt 18A-Local/Private ActsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 November 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application by Network Rail for Prior Approval under Part 18 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 in respect of replacement of life expired Weight Restriction Overbridge

Submitted
1 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the South of, Claygate, Main Road, West Lyng, Taunton, Somerset, TA3. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Prior Approval-Pt 18A-Local/Private Acts
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lyng

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2019
Consultation start
18 October 2019

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: Tone 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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