Land to the North of Main Road, and South West of, Langmead Lane, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 Data via plota.co.uk

34/26/00006 - Notice of Proposed Agricultural Devt. Withdrawn

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the erection of 2no. 18m x 9.3m steel framed buildings for agricultural use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Sept 2026
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Withdrawn
5 Oct 2026

Withdrawn on 5 Oct 2026 · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Public footpath about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 183 m away: Langmead and Weston Level SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Notice of Proposed Agricultural Devt.
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
14 Sept 2026
Parish
Middlezoy
Case officer
Show
Decision
Withdrawn (after registration)
Decision date
5 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
James Venton Planning & Building Design, Unit 13

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Sept 2026
Comments by
20 Sept 2026