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Schedule of Registers and Information Available

Somerset

County Hall contact information:

Land Charges Opening hours County Hall Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 TA1 4DY

Tel: 01823 359818 E-mail: [email protected]

Note: In order to fulfil the access requirements, set out in the “Communities and ’s Good Practice Guidance for Local Authorities and Personal Searchers”, Somerset County Council provides a collated response to relevant CON 29 enquiries that the County Council can answer. Further information including procedures, forms and fees for doing this can be found at www.somerset.gov.uk/

Q1.2

Planning Designations and Proposals

• Minerals Local Plan • Waste Local Plan Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/policies-and-plans/policies/minerals-and-waste/

• Somerset and National Park Joint Structure Plan Review 1911 - 2011 • Somerset & Exmoor National Park Joint Structure Plan Alteration 1996 – 2016 Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/policies-and-plans/plans/somerset-and-exmoor- national-park-joint-structure-plan/

• Rights of Way Improvement Plan Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/rightsofway

Q2.1

Register of publicly adopted highways (Section 36 (6) and (7) of the Highways Act 1980) Statutory Public Register - Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY

Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/road-records/

Public rights of way

Q2.2

Definitive Map & Statement – Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY

Definitive Map with subsequent legal events is free to view at: http://roam.somerset.gov.uk/roam/Map

Q2.3 s53b of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 – statutory register free to view at: http://roam.somerset.gov.uk/roam/Dashboard/Welcome

Q2.4

Legal orders not yet confirmed are not available for public inspection.

Q3.2

Land required for road works

Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY

Q3.4

Nearby Road Schemes – within 200 metres (approved by the council but not implemented or as notified to the council by the Secretary of State)

Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY

Q3.5

Nearby Railway Schemes – (as notified to the council)

Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY

Q3.6

Traffic Schemes – stopping ups, minor improvements, resident parking, cycle tracks, pedestrian crossing and bridge construction (approved by the council but not implemented)

Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/tro although this does not include (l) bridge building, which is not available for public inspection.

Q3.7

Outstanding Notices relating to highways

Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY.

Q4

Road proposals by private bodies

These records are not open to public inspection.

Q16

Mineral consultation and safeguarding areas

Free to view at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/policies-and-plans/plans/somerset-minerals-plan/

Q17

Hazardous substance consents

Open to public inspection at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY as and when applicable.

Q21

Flood defence and land drainage consents

These records are not open to public inspection.

Registers of local Common Land and Town and Village Greens

Q22.1

Statutory public register – open for public inspection by appointment at County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY. To make an appointment to view the register please use the online form at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/environment-and- planning/planning/book-an-appointment-to-view-the-commons-register/ or send an email to: [email protected]

Q22.2 s15a Commons Act 2006 & s31a Highways Act 1980 - statutory registers free to view at: http://roam.somerset.gov.uk/roam/Dashboard/Welcome

Q22.3 s15a Commons Act 2006 & s31a Highways Act 1980 - statutory registers free to view at: http://roam.somerset.gov.uk/roam/Dashboard/Welcome If copies are required send an e-mail to [email protected]

District and Borough Councils

The following information should be available at the District and Borough Councils.

• Local Land Charges register;

• Planning register and enforcement notices, stop notices and breach of condition notices;

• Hazardous substances consents register;

• Registers of litter control areas and street litter control notices;

• Noise abatement zones register;

• Records relating to hedgerows;

• Tree Preservation Orders (TPO’s);

• Contaminated Land;

• Register of licences and management orders granted under Parts 2 and 3, including Temporary Exception Notices under sections 62 and 86 of the Housing Act 2004;

• Register of public sewer maps (also available from the water authority);

• Public Rights of Way Register (also available from Somerset County Council);

• Data sets refering to conservation areas;

• Local Plans;

Maps deposited under Section 35 of the Pipelines Act 1962 and Section 7 of the Gas Act 1986

District and Borough Council Contact Information

Taunton Deane The Deane House Tel: 01823 356356 Borough Council Belvedere Road Web: www.tauntondeane.gov.uk Taunton TA1 1HE The Council Tel: 01935 462462 District Council Offices Web: Way www.southsomerset.gov.uk BA20 2HT District House Tel: 0300 303 7800 Council King Square Web: www.sedgemoor.gov.uk Bridgwater TA6 3AR Cannards Grave Tel: 0300 303 8588 Council Road Web: www.mendip.gov.uk BA4 5BT The Council Tel: 01643 703704 District Council Offices Web: www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk Taunton TA4 4QA