Lovens Farm, Petherton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BD

37/23/00044Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 26 May 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to additional residential garden area.

Submitted: 21 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted21 Apr
ValidatedValidated21 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 May
DecidedDecided26 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lovens Farm, Petherton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BD. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0BD
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: North Petherton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 April 2023
Consultation start: 4 May 2023
Target decision date: 26 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 5 East Street Drayton LANGPORT TA10 0LB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (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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Source: Sedgemoor

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