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  • Application Number: 33/25/00018
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Application Registered:
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28/08/2025
Application Decided:
09/10/2025

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Type:
Reserved matters
Location:
Orchard Cottage, The Causeway, Mark, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4QD
Proposal:
Application for approval of reserved matters following outline application 33/23/00021 for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 2 No. dwellings on land at Orchard Cottage, The Causeway, Mark
Case Officer:
Graham Northern
Registered Date:
03/07/2025
Applicant:
Dr E Watts
Applicant Address:
Dragonfly Cottage Keyton Hill Wedmore Somerset BS28 4UR
Consultation Start Date:
13/08/2025
Earliest Decision Date:
28/08/2025
Decision Level:
Delegated
Decision:
Granted Permission
Decision Date:
09/10/2025

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
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.
2
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order revoking and re- enacting that Order) (with or without modification), no windows/dormer windows other than those expressly authorised by this permission shall be constructed. Reason: In the interests of residential amenity in accordance with Policy D25 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan.
3
No individual dwelling hereby approved shall be occupied until the requirement for potential consumption of wholesome water by persons occupying that dwelling in Part G of Schedule 1 and Regulation 36 of the Building Regulations 2010 of 110 litres per person per day has been complied with. Reason: To improve the water efficiency and sustainability of the dwellings in accordance with Policy S5 of the Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 and Paragraphs 139, 167 and 194 of the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
4
The development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted flood risk assessment (ref – Flood Risk Assessment – Orchard Cottage, Mark and further addendum note titled 'Environment Agency Response – Reserve Matters Application 33/25/00018 Prepared on behalf of Dr Emma Watts) and the following mitigation measures it details: ? Ground Floor Finished floor levels shall be set no lower than 6.125 metres above Ordnance Datum (AOD). ? First Floor (Safe Refuge Area) floor level shall be set no lower than 8.625 metres above Ordnance Datum (AOD) ? Occupants to sign up to Flood Warning Service. 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.
5
No construction above damp proof course until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces, including roofs, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out only in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To preserve the setting of listed building, in line with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D26
08/07/2026
6
No external joinery, including all windows and doors shall be installed or undertaken unless full details of that piece has been first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details shall be at full or half scale and shall include cross-sections, profiles, reveal, surrounds, materials, finish and colour. The works shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To preserve the setting of listed building, in line with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D26
08/07/2026
7
The rooflights indicated on the approved plans shall be of a conservation design flush with the roof, the model specification of which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to installation. The rooflights shall be installed in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To preserve the setting of listed building, in line with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D26
08/07/2026
8
Details of new rainwater goods including profiles, materials and finishes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of works. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To preserve the setting of listed building, in line with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D26
08/07/2026
9
Prior to its application, the colour of the external render shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The render shall then be applied in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To preserve the setting of listed building, in line with Sedgemoor Local Plan 2011-2032 Policy D26
23/07/2026
10
The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved Drainage Strategy Report dated 5 August 2025. Reason: In the interests of providing a satisfactory level of surface water drainage, improving water quality and to prevent flooding.

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