Planning application
127 Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed garage conversion, together with change of use from single family dwelling (Class C3) to 6 person house in multiple occupation, HMO, (Class C4).
As published by the council, reference 08/25/00194
Application record
- Reference
- 08/25/00194
- Type
- Cert. of Lawfulness for Proposed Use/Dev
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 5 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 5 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 11 Nov 2025
- Parish
- Bridgwater
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TA6 4AX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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08/26/00039 Granted
127 Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AX
Proposed internal alterations to form a Change of use from 6No. Person HMO (Class C4) to a 7No. Person HMO (Sui Generis HMO)
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08/25/00211 Refused
127 Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AX
Change of use from 6 Person HMO (Class C4) to a 9 Person HMO (Sui Generis HMO)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Nov 2025
Received by Exmoor National Park
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11 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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27 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Exmoor National Park granted permission on 11 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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