Land to the north of Woolavington Road, within the south east of the Gravity Smart Campus site, near Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8
Approved on 2 October 2026
Council decision: Granted Permission
Proposal
LDO compliance application for the erection of one 132kV and one 400kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation comprising five 460 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) super grid transformers and associated switchgear, four overhead line gantries, two Distribution Network Operator (DNO) transformers and two metering kiosks; ancillary office, welfare and workshop buildings; a fire water tank and diesel generator; permanent access from Gravity Ring Road, internal access roads and parking; drainage, lighting and CCTV; security fencing, strategic landscaping and associated engineering works.
- Submitted
- 9 July 2026
- Council
- Sedgemoor
- ReceivedSubmitted9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Aug
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 85 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land to the north of Woolavington Road, within the south east of the Gravity Smart Campus site, near Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8. Sedgemoor has handled 4,960 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 7 weeks longer than Sedgemoor's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
Application details
- Application type
- Local Development Orders Compliance
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Project wide application
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Broad Quay House Prince Street Bristol
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Prutha Ram
- Statutory period
- 30 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 42
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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