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Units 3b 4 And 5, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RN

Status unknown Exmoor National Park 08/26/00075 Prior Approval for Solar PV - Non Dom

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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings.

As published by the council, reference 08/26/00075

Application record

Reference
08/26/00075
Type
Prior Approval for Solar PV - Non Dom
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Parish
Bridgwater
Postcode
TA6 4RN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 09/26/00013 Granted

    Units 3b 4 And 5, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RN

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings.

    Decided 10 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • 09/26/00009 Granted

    Units 3b 4 And 5, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RN

    Extension of existing building on to existing yard, erection of pump house, and replacement of 2No. existing external storage tanks with 4No. new tanks.

    Decided 1 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Aug 2026

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Exmoor National Park took a median of 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

3 documents on file for this application

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