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Hawthorne House, Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RE

24/01348/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 December 2024

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of an integrated garage into a habitable space including removal of existing garage door and replacement with timber cladding and high level window.

Received
12 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chew Valley
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided27 Dec

Decided in 259 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Hawthorne House , Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RE. Bath has handled 2,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 30 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Chew Magna conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Chew Valley. We hold 2,265 applications in total for the BS40 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS40 8RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chew Magna

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2024
Consultation expiry
29 October 2024
Consultation start
7 January 2025
Consultation end
29 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2024
Target decision date
7 June 2024
Decision issued
7 January 2025
Permission expires
7 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Lower Redland Road Bristol BS6 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2024
Site notice start
24 April 2024

Appeal history

3368931
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 September 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12972778
UPRN
100120053943
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Chew Magna
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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