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Land To The SW Of Stockmoor Distributor Road And NW Of, Taunton Road, North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset

37/21/00135Screening opinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 November 2021

Council decision: Reply done

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion for up to 500 dwellings, 4.8 hectares of employment development a C2 Care Home (approximately 66 beds) and associated road, drainage and green infrastructure.

Submitted
3 November 2021
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The SW Of Stockmoor Distributor Road And NW Of, Taunton Road, North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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
Screening opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
500
Parish
North Petherton

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2021
Consultation start
8 November 2021
Target decision date
23 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1, Gas Ferry Road Bristol BS1 6UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
20 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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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.

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