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Four Forks House, Charlynch Road, Spaxton, Bridgwater, TA5 1BJ

45/18/00014Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 19 March 2019

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing garage and erection of 13 dwellings (C3) with associated access works, pedestrian and cycling routes, parking, landscaping and drainage works

Submitted
12 June 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 280 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Four Forks House, Charlynch Road, Spaxton, Bridgwater, TA5 1BJ. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 280 days, 35 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 788 applications in total for the TA5 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
TA5 1BJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
13
Parish
Spaxton

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2018
Consultation start
9 December 2019
Target decision date
19 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hawkridge House Chelston Business Park Wellington Somerset TA21 8YA

Planning decision

Statutory period
280 days

Additional information

Documents
262

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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sedgemoor

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