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Bourne Cottage, Combe Lane, Holford, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1RZ

3/16/26/001Variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition No. 6 (relating to bat mitigation requirements) of application 3/16/25/006 to be commensurate with the revised scope of works to the roof

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Watchet & Stogursey
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Bourne Cottage, Combe Lane, Holford, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1RZ. West Somerset has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Holford conservation area. 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.

92% of conditions 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 1RZ
Application type
Variation of conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holford

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 April 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Wilsher
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 March 2026
Site notice start
25 February 2026
Site notice end
19 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Holford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Quantock Hills
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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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