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Stogursey Primary School, Tower Hill, Stogursey, Bridgwater, TA5 1PR

3/32/12/034Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 August 2012

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of field at rear of school to provide playing field

Received
1 May 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
West Somerset
Ward
Quantock Vale (WSC)
Agent
The Hookway Partnership LLP
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Stogursey Primary School, Tower Hill, Stogursey, Bridgwater, TA5 1PR. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 1PR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stogursey

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2012
Consultation expiry
11 July 2012
Consultation start
20 June 2012
Consultation end
11 July 2012
Neighbour consultation start
11 June 2012
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2012
Last date for comments
16 August 2012
Target decision date
16 August 2012
Application expires
16 August 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Hookway Partnership LLP
Agent address
The Dunstan Centre, Pennywell Road, BRISTOL, BS5 0TJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2012
Advertisement expiry
11 July 2012
Site notice start
1 June 2012
Site notice end
11 July 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01943812
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
20

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

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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