Bowdly, Burtle, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8NB Data via plota.co.uk

55/26/00003 - Full Planning Permission Pending

Proposal

New independent residential (C3) dwelling with decking, demolition of existing garage and carport, and upgrade to existing foul water system and the creation of a new vehicle access for the existing dwelling with 2 disabled off-street parking spaces, using permeable surfacing Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 11:04

Application progress

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Received

22 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 3 Nov 2026, from Sedgemoor's recent demolitions.

The consultation period closed on 22 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue Catchment

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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.

Special protection area about 270 m away: Somerset Levels & Moors

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

SSSI about 270 m away: Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI; Nature recovery project: Somerset Coast, Levels and Moors.

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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