Counting House, Williton to Bridgwater Road, Holford, Bridgwater, TA5 1LE
Approved on 5 September 2023
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of replacement timber framed, timber clad garage with hobbies room above
- Received
- 24 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Watchet & Stogursey
- Agent
- James Venton Planning and Building Design
- ReceivedReceived24 Jul
- ValidatedValidated27 Jul
- Consult.Consultation24 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Sep
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Counting House, Williton to Bridgwater Road, Holford, Bridgwater, TA5 1LE. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Watchet & Stogursey. 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
- 27 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 24 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 3 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 24 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 21 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- James Venton Planning and Building Design
- Architect profile
- JAMES VENTON PLANNING & BUILDING DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- Wilscombe Wood Cottage, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1NJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12302180
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 5
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: West Somerset
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