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Chapel Hill Farm (4), Mark Road, Burtle, Bridgwater, TA7 8NJ

55/16/00002Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 March 2016

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of dormitory and house parents' accommodation (Use Class C2) to two dwellings (Use Class C3), and the erection of an ancillary unit of holiday accommodation

Submitted
12 February 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chapel Hill Farm (4), Mark Road, Burtle, Bridgwater, TA7 8NJ. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 7 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.

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
TA7 8NJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burtle

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2016
Consultation start
15 February 2016
Target decision date
11 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 High Street Chard Somerset TA20 1QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    10 Oct

    Application for Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 55/16/00002

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment55/18/00006
  2. 2016
    12 Feb

    Change of use of dormitory and house parents' accommodation (Use Class C2) to two dwellings (Use Class C3)…

    This applicationApprovedFull55/16/00002

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