Land North Of, Cossington Lane, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 Data via plota.co.uk

54/25/00011 - Outline Planning Permission Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 8 September 2026, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access, comprising the erection of up to 150 dwellings, public open space, landscaping and associated works, with vehicular access to be provided via Cossington Lane, and pedestrian and cycle connection to Woolavington Hill Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Aug 2025
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Committee
8 Sept 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 447.

A re-consultation started on 28 Aug 2026. The council has not yet published the new comment deadline.

Planning committee

Decided by Sedgemoor North on 8 Sept 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved unanimously

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application was for outline permission for up to 150 homes with public open space, landscaping and associated works.
  • The application returned to committee solely because the Section 106 agreement had not been completed within the original six month deadline, with officers noting no material change to the proposal.

Source: Plota analysis of Sedgemoor's committee minutes, Sedgemoor North minutes, 8 September 2026 .

Site constraints 5

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
National infrastructure project about 1131 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Cossington (Somerset) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 17 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
Outline Planning Permission
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
8 Aug 2025
Parish
Woolavington
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
Blue Fox Planning Ltd, Bowman House Business Centre

Decision outlook

Day 447, past the statutory target. 52% of outline applications 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 21 Oct 2026.

Day 447356 days past the 91-day target
19%decided within 8 weeks
52%approved
26decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Aug 2026
Comments by
20 Dec 2025