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Charlton House Care Home, Hawthorns Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BF

26/00538/REG03Regulation 3 ApplicationApproved

Approved on 10 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of an existing care home to proposed special education needs and disabilities school and two children's care homes alongside associated alterations and landscaping

Received
11 February 2026
Ward
Keynsham North
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 136 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Charlton House Care Home , Hawthorns Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BF. Bath has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Keynsham North. We hold 970 applications in total for the BS31 postcode area.

97% of all 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
BS31 1BF
Application type
Regulation 3 Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Keynsham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
4 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
4 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Target decision date
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Elizabeth Godfrey Origin Workspace 40 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
135 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2026
Site notice start
5 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14682052
UPRN
010023108492

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 2 (BNG Standard Condition) and 3 of application 26/00538/REG03

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03608/COND
  2. 2026
    18 Sep

    Discharge of condition 4 (Construction Management Plan (Pre-commencement) of application 26/00538/REG03

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03477/COND
  3. 2026
    11 Feb

    Change of use of an existing care home to proposed special education needs and disabilities school and two…

    This applicationApprovedOther26/00538/REG03

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