Turners Farm, Coxhill, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BT Data via plota.co.uk

37/26/00008 - Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 2No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and associated building operations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jan 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 1
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Coxhill Farmhouse, Grade II, about 59 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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Somerset Coast, Levels and Moors; SSSI about 356 m away: North Moor SSSI; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £375,000 in January 2024. Detached house, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

17 January 2024£375,000One of 4 sales recorded that day
17 January 2024£10,000Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 4 sales recorded that day
17 January 2024£190,000Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 4 sales recorded that day
17 January 2024£150,000Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 4 sales recorded that day

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area274 m² (2,949 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (62 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Sedgemoor
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwelling
Postcode
TA7 0BT
Received
30 Jan 2026
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Parish
North Petherton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval Approved
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
James Venton Planning & Building Design, Unit 13

How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 56 days slower than Sedgemoor's median of 27 for agricultural works. Approved, as 87% of agricultural works here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
85decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Feb 2026
Comments by
7 Mar 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.