East Coker Water Recycling Centre Yeovil BA22 9HP

SCC/4149/2026/SCROutlineApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Screening/Scoping Opinion Decision Issued

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

Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of The Town and Country Planning EIA Regulations 2017 relating to the installation of additional treatment facilities at East Coker Water Recycling Centre (WRC)

Submitted: 7 May 2026
Council: Somerset

ReceivedSubmitted7 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation4 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at East Coker Water Recycling Centre Yeovil BA22 9HP. Somerset has handled 15 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,121 applications in total for the BA22 postcode area.

96% of all applications at Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BA22 9HP
Application type: Outline
Scale / size: Medium
District: South Somerset District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 4 June 2026
Consultation end: 4 June 2026

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Somerset

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