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Land to the East of, Bridgwater Road, North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6

37/25/00095Screening opinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Reply done

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for EIA Screening Opinion for hybrid application: full application for the erection of 64No. dwellings (including 30% affordable), 1No. recreational building (scout hut), and junior cricket ground, with formation of access, spine road, footpath and cycleway provision, strategic landscaping and ecological enhancements, drainage attenuation and associated works; and outline application with all matters reserved, for the erection of 1No. medical centre (Class E).

Submitted
27 November 2025
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the East of, Bridgwater Road, North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 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
64
Parish
North Petherton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation start
27 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 King Square Bridgwater Somerset TA6 3YF

Additional information

Documents
5

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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© 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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