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Paulton Post Office, Church Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LG

26/01212/CDCOUCOU Comm etc to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Approve3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval request for the change of use of post office (Class E) to two bed flat

Received
27 March 2026
Ward
Paulton
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 131 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Paulton Post Office , Church Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LG. Bath has handled 8,661 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 12 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Paulton conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Paulton. We hold 719 applications in total for the BS39 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BS39 7LG
Application type
COU Comm etc to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Paulton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Mr Matthew Bissex Underhill Farm Underhill Lane Midsomer Norton Bath And North East Somerset BA3 2RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 April 2026
Site notice start
14 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14817693
UPRN
010001132252

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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