Planning application
Land At, Green Paddock, Cossington Lane, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use of land to Gypsy and Traveller site, with pitches for 4No. mobile homes and 4No. touring caravans, erection of 4No. amenity blocks and 4No. bin stores, 8No. parking spaces, and associated groundworks, infrastructure and landscaping.
As published by the council, reference 54/26/00003
Application record
- Reference
- 54/26/00003
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 17 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Parish
- Woolavington
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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54/23/00002 Granted
Land At, Green Paddock, Cossington Lane, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset
Change of use of land to enable formation of 4no. pitch site for gypsies and travellers (revised scheme).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jun 2026
Received by Exmoor National Park
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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2 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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Exmoor National Park granted permission on 17 July 2026, 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.
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