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  • Application Number: 25/25/00015
  • Parish/Town Council: East Huntspill

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Application Registered:
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06/12/2025
Application Decided:
09/12/2025

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Type:
Full Planning Permission
Location:
South View, Catherine Street, East Huntspill, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3PX
Proposal:
Change of use of garage/home office to holiday let and erection of new garage on site of existing timber shed (to be demolished)
Case Officer:
Shanta Parsons
Registered Date:
03/11/2025
Applicant:
Mr & Mrs Bann
Applicant Address:
South View Catherine Street East Huntspill Highbridge TA9 3PX
Agent:
Robinson Clark Ltd, The Old Presbytery
Agent Address:
The Old Presbytery Tweentown Cheddar BS27 3HU
Consultation Start Date:
06/11/2025
Earliest Decision Date:
06/12/2025
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Granted Permission
Decision Date:
09/12/2025

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: In accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 ( as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).
2
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans listed in schedule A. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
3
a) The holiday accommodation hereby permitted shall be used for holiday accommodation only and shall not be occupied as a person's sole or main residence. b) The site operators and owners shall maintain a comprehensive up to date register of the names of the owners/occupiers, including their guests, of individual holiday lets on site and evidence of their main home addresses and dates of occupation of the holiday accommodation and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the local Planning Authority. Reason: The accommodation is of a size and location where independent residential development would not be acceptable and in the interests of providing an economic benefit through a tourism use in accordance and D17 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan.
4
The development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted flood risk assessment (ref: Site Location, Existing and Proposed Site Layout Plans and Existing and Proposed Plans and Elevations by Robinson Clark Ltd. dated 20 November 2025 Revision A, document ref: 557/051 Rev A) and the following mitigation measures it details: First floor finished floor level (safe refuge) shall be set no lower than 7.475 metres above Ordnance Datum (AOD). Flood resistant flooring and finishes shall be utilised where possible throughout the building development. All electricity circuitry and apparatus should be installed above or higher than 7.775 metres AOD (the worst-case flooding depth plus 300mm freeboard) or alternatively ground-based electrical installations should be designed to withstand flooding. These mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation and subsequently in accordance with the scheme's timing/phasing arrangements. The measures detailed above shall be retained and maintained thereafter throughout the lifetime of the development. Reasons:To reduce the risk of flooding to the proposed development and future occupants in accordance with Policy D1 of Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.
5
Prior to the erection of the proposed garage, details of the materials to be used for its roof shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the work shall proceed only in accordance with such materials as have been agreed. Reason: In the interests of preserving the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policy D2 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032.

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