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Chew Magna Fire Station, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX

26/03231/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Installation of new stand-alone pre-fabricated ancillary building to house gym facilities, including formation of a concrete base.

Received
25 August 2026
Ward
Chew Valley
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Chew Magna Fire Station , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX. Bath has handled 450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in 2 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.

98% 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 8SX
Application type
Full Application
Parish
Chew Magna

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2026

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 MagnaPart of the site
  • 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.

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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