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Bush Farm, Bush Lane, Spaxton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1AH

45/26/00005Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 April 2026

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 1No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and associated building operations.

Submitted
17 March 2026
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Bush Farm, Bush Lane, Spaxton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1AH. Sedgemoor has handled 374 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 4 days longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 788 applications in total for the TA5 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
TA5 1AH
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spaxton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Target decision date
25 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 13 Wiveliscombe Enterprise Centre Sandys Moor Wiveliscombe TA4 2DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
39 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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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