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14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

Refused Exmoor National Park 08/21/00112 Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change the use and conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

As published by the council, reference 08/21/00112

Application record

Reference
08/21/00112
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
31 Aug 2021
Validated
31 Aug 2021
Decided
9 Oct 2021
Parish
Bridgwater
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
TA6 3DB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 2 refused.

  • 08/25/00177 Granted

    14-16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    Fell 1No. Maple (T1) and 1No. Hawthorn (T2) located in the rear of No.14 Castle Street.

    Decided 25 Oct 2025 Trees
  • 08/21/00113 Refused

    14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    Conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Decided 9 Oct 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Aug 2021

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 9 Oct 2021

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  3. 12 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

22 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Exmoor National Park refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 14- 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/21/00113 Submitted 31 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Conversion of offices to 8no. residential flats.

    Refused Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 18 docs
  • 14-16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/25/00177 Submitted 24 Sep 2025 50 yards away

    Fell 1No. Maple (T1) and 1No. Hawthorn (T2) located in the rear of No.14 Castle Street.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • 16 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/25/00176 Submitted 29 Sep 2025 50 yards away

    Refurbishment of garden office that is a curtilage listed building.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 9 docs
  • 8 Chandos Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DL

    08/21/00092 Submitted 16 Jun 2021 50 yards away

    An application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from offices (Class B1(a)) to 2no. one bedroom flats.

    Granted Prior approval New dwelling 9 docs
  • 8 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/19/00185 Submitted 24 Oct 2019 50 yards away

    Reduce lateral (secondary) growth of Sweet Chestnut over hanging building by 1.5 metres and crown lift to 3m.. Crown lift rest of crown to give clearance of 4.5 metres from ground level removing secondary growth only.

    Granted Trees 3 docs
  • 6 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3DB

    08/26/00028 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Change of Use from offices into 14 person house in multiple occupation (HMO) with associated alterations and installation of 11No. panel solar array to main flat roof.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 34 docs

In Exmoor National Park

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    Royal Clarence House, High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3BH

    Internal reconfiguration works to create separate office units.

    Received 29 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications
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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications
  • 53/26/00014 Granted

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    Received 1 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications
  • 18/26/00006 Granted

    2 Fowlers Farm Cottages, Fowlers Plot Road, Chedzoy, Bridgwater, TA7 8RH

    Erection of two storey side extension (South) and single storey rear extension (West).

    Received 30 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications
  • 46/26/00005 Granted

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    Received 29 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Full applications