22 Bath Road, Ashcott, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9QT Data via plota.co.uk

01/26/00003 - Full Planning Permission Pending

Proposal

Erection of 2No. self-build dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Apr 2026
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Committee
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Jun 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 5 Oct 2026; it is now day 165. A re-consultation started on 3 Jul 2026; the council has not yet published the new comment deadline.

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Planning committee

Decided by Sedgemoor North on 14 Jul 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.

  • Councillors praised the design, including chimneys, and were broadly supportive given an existing fallback permission for two dwellings on the site.
  • Officers said the site could be treated as infill near the settlement and the self-build requirement would be secured by a unilateral undertaking.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the application.
Read how the committee decided The design and policy debate, and the unanimous vote to approve.

Source: Plota analysis of Sedgemoor's committee minutes of 14 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 4

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Ashcott 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 24 September 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £875,000 in August 2024. Other property, freehold.

5 August 2024£875,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Sedgemoor
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TA7 9QT
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Parish
Ashcott
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
James Venton Planning & Building Design, Unit 13

Decision outlook

Day 165, past the statutory target. 71% of new homes 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 1 Oct 2026.

Day 165109 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
90decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Jul 2026
Comments by
5 Jun 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.