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Land to the south of Doniford Road and Normandy Avenue, Watchet

3/37/23/001Reserved mattersApproved

Approved on 21 June 2024

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for the approval of reserved matters following outline application 3/37/17/019 for the access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of up to 139 No. dwellings and associated works

Received
5 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
18
Council
West Somerset
Ward
(SWT)Watchet & Williton
Agent
Grass Roots Planning Ltd
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 533 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the south of Doniford Road and Normandy Avenue, Watchet. West Somerset has handled 125 applications of this type. This one was decided in 533 days, 68 weeks longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

81% of outline 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

Application type
Reserved matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
139
Parish
Watchet

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2023
Consultation expiry
31 August 2023
Consultation start
17 August 2023
Consultation end
31 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2023
Last date for comments
6 April 2023
Application expires
6 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Grass Roots Planning Ltd
Agent address
Suites 9 and 10, Bristol North Baths, Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8BN

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Williams
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
31 August 2023
Site notice end
31 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11777004
Documents
0
Constraints
9

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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