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Land Adjacent To, Chapel Road, Fordgate, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 0AR

37/23/00075Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), and associated building operations.

Submitted
31 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land Adjacent To, Chapel Road, Fordgate, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 0AR. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 5 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TA6 0AR
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Petherton

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2023
Consultation start
7 August 2023
Target decision date
9 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1st Floor Offices 11E Radford Park Road Plymstock Plymouth PL9 9DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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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© 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    27 Aug

    Erection of 2no. dwellings, on site of existing agricultural buildings (to be demolished).

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission37/24/00079
  2. 2024
    19 Mar

    Erection of 2no. dwellings and associated works on site of 5no. agricultural buildings (to be demolished).

    RefusedFull Planning Permission37/23/00134
  3. 2022
    22 Sep

    Demolition of smaller storage units, conversion and extension of one larger unit to form a dwelling and…

    RefusedFull Planning Permission37/22/00074
  4. 2020
    24 Aug

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building…

    WithdrawnPrior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling37/20/00072
  5. 2020
    15 May

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building…

    RefusedPrior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling37/20/00039
  6. 2020
    25 Feb

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural building…

    WithdrawnPrior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling37/20/00018

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