Land at, Orchard Farm, Bedwell Lane, Othery, Bridgwater, TA7 0QJ

38/15/00010Outline Planning PermissionRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 September 2015

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of agricultural workers dwelling

Submitted: 28 August 2015
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Sedgemoor

ReceivedSubmitted28 Aug
ValidatedValidated28 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Sep
DecidedDecided28 Sep

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at, Orchard Farm, Bedwell Lane, Othery, Bridgwater, TA7 0QJ. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,073 applications in total for the TA7 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: TA7 0QJ
Application type: Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Othery

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 August 2015
Consultation start: 3 September 2015
Target decision date: 28 September 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 56 High Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 3BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 31 days

Additional information

Documents: 24

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High 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.

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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.

Source: Sedgemoor

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