Land to the West of, Maunsel Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 Data via plota.co.uk

37/25/00101 - Full Planning Permission Pending

Proposal

Installation of a 30MWac ground mounted photovoltaic solar farm and associated infrastructure to include the erection of radio communication tower, control building, medium voltage Station, CCTV cameras poles, and placement of a storage container. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 26 Oct 2026, 04:27

Application progress

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Received

16 Feb 2026

Decision

Target date was 13 Apr 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 12 Nov 2026; it is now day 255.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: King's House, Grade II, about 14 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the North Newton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Sedgemoor
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: TA7 0BP
Received: 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 16 Feb 2026
Parish: North Petherton
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: JBA Consulting, Floor 4

Decision outlook

Day 255, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in Sedgemoor are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 25515 days to the predicted decision (day 270)

55%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

35decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Sedgemoor in the last twelve months, from validation. Sedgemoor decision record →