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Land located on Catcott Lows, Catcott Nature Reserve, Middle Road, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater

55/25/00005Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2025

Proposal

Replacement of single storey bird hide.

Submitted
14 August 2025
Council
Sedgemoor
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 30 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land located on Catcott Lows, Catcott Nature Reserve, Middle Road, Chilton Polden, Bridgwater. Sedgemoor has handled 2,951 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 5 days quicker than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burtle

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2025
Consultation start
22 August 2025
Target decision date
13 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
30 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 & Moors
  • Ramsar wetland: Somerset Levels & Moors
  • National nature reserve: Somerset Wetlands

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 (17)

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, 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.

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