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Land North Of, Cossington Lane, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7

54/25/00011Outline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 September 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access, comprising the erection of up to 150 dwellings, public open space, landscaping and associated works, with vehicular access to be provided via Cossington Lane, and pedestrian and cycle connection to Woolavington Hill.

Submitted
8 August 2025
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of, Cossington Lane, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7. 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 are no previous applications recorded 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
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
150
Parish
Woolavington

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation start
14 August 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bowman House Business Centre Bowman Court Whitehill Lane Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire BS32 4UB

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
181

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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