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Merricks Farm, 46 Main Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NN

34/21/00012Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Variations of Conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and Removal of Condition 6 of Planning Permission 34/17/00016 (The erection of 3no. dwellings and the change of use of 2no agricultural buildings to 2no. dwellings (creating a total of 5no. dwellings).) to allow for several amendments to the approved plans and conditions.

Submitted
18 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Merricks Farm, 46 Main Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NN. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 8 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 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
TA7 0NN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middlezoy

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2022
Consultation start
1 April 2022
Target decision date
30 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Engine Room Athelhampton House Athelhampton Dorchester DT2 7LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Documents
39

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    18 Mar

    Variations of Conditions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and Removal of Condition 6 of Planning Permission 34/17/00016

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)34/21/00012
  2. 2021
    11 Feb

    Variation of Conditions of Planning Permission 34/17/00016

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)34/21/00002
  3. 2020
    10 Jun

    Variation of Conditions 2 and 10 of Planning Permission 34/17/00016

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)34/20/00002
  4. 2017
    21 Aug

    The erection of 3no. dwellings and the change of use of 2no agricultural buildings to 2no. dwellings…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart of34/17/00016
  5. 2017
    21 Aug

    Works in connection with the change of use of 2 agricultural buildings to 2 dwellings.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside34/17/00017

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