Hedging Farm, Tuckerton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, TA7 0DF Data via plota.co.uk

37/26/00043 - Notice of Proposed Agricultural Devt. Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed erection of an agricultural storage building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

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), 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: Hedging Barton, Grade II, about 53 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 ↗
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.
Postcode
TA7 0DF
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Parish
North Petherton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Formal Application Not Required
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. 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
15 Jun 2026