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Castle of Comfort, Dodington, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LE

3/16/12/001Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2012

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Relocate glazed door & window between WC and lobby to external porch area, undertake investigation works for the removal of render and and re-pointing or re-rendering, construction of bin store, installation of 'blank' windows and a conservation roof light on the east elevation and a window on the south elevation, erection of steps with handrail and balustrades on east elevation, construction of wall on east elevation

Received
22 February 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Quantock Vale (WSC)
Agent
Broadoak Building Design
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Castle of Comfort, Dodington, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1LE. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 789 applications in total for the TA5 postcode area.

91% of full applications at West Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA5 1LE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holford

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2012
Consultation expiry
23 March 2012
Consultation start
24 February 2012
Consultation end
23 March 2012
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2012
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2012
Last date for comments
18 April 2012
Target decision date
18 April 2012
Application expires
18 April 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Broadoak Building Design
Agent address
Broadoak House, Sherford Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3QY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 March 2012
Advertisement expiry
23 March 2012
Site notice start
2 March 2012
Site notice end
23 March 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
4

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 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

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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.

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. 2012
    22 Feb

    Relocate glazed door & window between WC and lobby to external porch area, undertake investigation works for…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/16/12/001
  2. 2012
    22 Feb

    Re-hang door in entrance hall/lobby, remove door at foot of stairs, remove glazed door, window and wall…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside3/16/12/002

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