How the new development in Bridgwater could look. Picture: Persimmon

Plan for 320 new homes in Bridgwater approved

Paul JonesNovember 12, 20250 Comment0

MORE than 320 new homes are set to be built in Bridgwater.

Developer Persimmon Homes Severn Valley has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for 323 homes south of Quantock Road, in the west of the town.

Somerset Council’s North Area Planning Committee backed the company’s hybrid application, which includes detailed plans for the first 111 homes on the initial phase of the development.

A detailed planning application will follow for the second phase, of 212 properties, Persimmon said, following the previous approval of outline plans.

The homes – a mixture of two, three, and four-bed houses – will be “zero carbon-ready, while 10% of them will be reserved for a local housing association to help tackle the council’s housing waiting list”, Persimmon said.

The approval also orders financial contributions from Persimmon, including £2 million for education services and £2m for the council to deliver off-site affordable housing.

Another £479,000 will also go towards off-site highway improvements, £18,000 for a travel plan, and £22,250 for a neighbourhood centre.

Meanwhile, a Community Infrastructure Levy payment of £514,171 will be made as part of the first phase, and another £1,016,691 should Phase Two receive full permission.

Two play areas, one on each phase, are also included in the plans, as well as “sustainable drainage solutions”, the retention of trees and hedgerow boundaries, and a dark corridor, with pedestrian links throughout, the firm said.

Persimmon Homes Severn Valley managing director, Claire Burton, added: “We are delighted to secure planning committee approval from Somerset Council for our application to bring much-needed new homes to Bridgwater.

“Our development at Quantock Road will be a huge boost to housing supply in the area and deliver substantial investment in local services and infrastructure improvements.

“Persimmon is very pleased to have worked constructively and intensively with the local authority to ensure our community contributions work in the best interests of local people.

“We look forward to starting construction of phase one, bringing forward our reserved matters application for phase two, and leaving a positive and lasting legacy in west Bridgwater.”