Planning application
Land At East of Former, Gravity Campus Woolavington Road, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8AD
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Notification under the Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009. proposed works to an overhead electricity line to be turned into to connect to substation. The works will connect existing overhead line to new FLT gantries located directly underneath existing alighment of ZGA 400kV overhead line.
As published by the council, reference 54/26/00001
Application record
- Reference
- 54/26/00001
- Type
- Overhead Electric Line
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Formal Application Not Required
- Received
- 23 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 4 Mar 2026
- Parish
- Woolavington
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TA7 8AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jan 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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4 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Formal Application Not Required
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27 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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