Land at Cockwood, Stogursey, Bridgwater, TA5 1TS
Refused on 5 January 2015
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of 10-12 temporary caravan/mobile accommodation units for workers at Hinkley Point power station for a period of up to 10 years. using existing concrete areas for bases, and converting the existing redundant dairy buildings to provide WC, laundry and recreational facilities for the workers. Car parking spaces will be provided on site.
- Received
- 22 September 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Somerset
- Ward
- Quantock Vale (WSC)
- ReceivedReceived22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land at Cockwood, Stogursey, Bridgwater, TA5 1TS. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1TS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stogursey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 3 December 2014
- Consultation start
- 12 November 2014
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 November 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 December 2014
- Last date for comments
- 5 January 2015
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2015
- Application expires
- 5 January 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fern Cottage, Nethercott, Combe Florey, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3JA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 December 2014
- Site notice end
- 3 December 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03678403
- Documents
- 25
- Constraints
- 7
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.
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Source: West Somerset
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