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West Heath Farm, Edington Road, Burtle, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8NX

55/25/00004Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 April 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Small domestic (non ground penetrating) solar pv array within the garden of the property

Submitted
18 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at West Heath Farm, Edington Road, Burtle, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8NX. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 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.

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2025
Consultation start
27 March 2025
Target decision date
18 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Lakes Court Lancaster Business Park Burton on Trent DE13 9PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
31 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI
  • Special Protection Area: Somerset Levels & MoorsPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Somerset Levels & MoorsPart of the site

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 (18)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, 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.

© 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: Sedgemoor

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