Planning application
Impens Farm, Petherton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BB
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for EIA screening direction under Regulation 7 Town and County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. Proposed installation of a solar farm and battery storage facility with associated infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference 37/21/00096
Application record
- Reference
- 37/21/00096
- Type
- Screening opinion
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Secretary of State to decide
- Received
- 7 Jul 2021
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2021
- Decided
- 29 Jul 2021
- Parish
- North Petherton
- Decision by
- Secretary of State
- Postcode
- TA7 0BB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021.
-
37/21/00083 Decided
Impens Farm, Petherton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BB
Request for EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 Town and County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. Proposed installation of a solar farm and battery storage facility with associated infrastructure
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
7 Jul 2021
Received by Exmoor National Park
-
29 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Secretary of State to decide
-
16 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
Exmoor National Park has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Impens Farm, Petherton Road, North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0BB
Request for EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 Town and County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. Proposed installation of a solar farm and battery storage facility with associated infrastructure
Decided Outline 10 docs
Other outline applications
In Exmoor National Park
-
34/26/00002 Granted
SPA, WINDMILL RETREAT, Main Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0PD
Outline application with all matters reserved, for the erection of 1No. self-build dwelling to be used as an on-site manager's dwelling.
-
2026/1299/PAA Refused
Hedges Farm Middle Brooks Street Somerset BA16 0TT
Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to 2no. dwellinghouses (Class C3).
-
26/02061/P3MA Awaiting decision
9 High Street Stoke Sub Hamdon Somerset TA14 6PP
Prior Approval for change of use from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to 1 No. dwellinghouse(s) (Class C3)
-
42/26/00011 Granted
Land To The East Of, Rockfield House, Puriton Hill, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7
Outline application with all matters reserved, for the erection of up to 2 self-build dwellings.
-
SCC/4161/2026/SCR Granted
Hornsey Bridge Water Recycling Centre Chilton Cantelo Yeovil BA22 8BE
Request for screening opinion relating to proposals to install additional treatment facilities and a new potable water main at Hornsey Bridge Water Recycling Centre (WRC)