Land to the North of Crancombe Lane, and to the South of, Woolavington Road, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 Data via plota.co.uk

42/26/00009 - Scoping opinion Decided
Change of useCommercial & major worksSchools, care & communityNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion for the erection of up to 1,550No. dwellings comprising a range of house types and sizes, including both market and affordable housing; land for a Primary School and Early Years; mixed use local centre and mobility hub, incorporating local retail and community facilities, such as a small supermarket, takeaways and hairdressers; 2No. new vehicular access points to Woolavington Road; network of Pedestrian and Active Travel Routes; public open space of over 23ha comprising a community sports area, 1No. Neighbourhood Equipped Area of Play, 4No. Locally Equipped Areas of Play, Trim Trail, informal open space and additional woodland planting; 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG); sustainable drainage system (SuDS); and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
15 May 2026
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Reply done
24 Aug 2026

Reply done on 24 Aug 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
National infrastructure project about 476 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection
The site is about 476 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, about 344 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Scoping opinion
Postcode
TA7
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Parish
Puriton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Reply done
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Boyer, 15 De Grey Square

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
26 Jun 2026
Comments by
11 Jul 2026