Planning application
Former Bridgwater Community Hospital, Salmon Parade, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5AH
Works: Extension Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Partial demolition of later additions to existing Grade II former hospital to facilitate the conversion and extension of existing historic listed buildings to create 'Somerset Health and Care Academy' including café/restaurant, car parking, ecological mitigation and associated landscaping works.
As published by the council, reference 08/25/00184
Application record
- Reference
- 08/25/00184
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 29 Nov 2025
- Parish
- Bridgwater
- Postcode
- TA6 5AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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08/25/00185 Granted
Former Bridgwater Community Hospital, Salmon Parade, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5AH
Partial demolition of later additions to existing Grade II former hospital to facilitate the conversion and extension of existing historic listed buildings to create 'Somerset Health and Care Academy' including café/restaurant, car parking, ecological mitigation and associated landscaping works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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29 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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