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1 Britannia Buildings Merchants Road Hotwells Bristol BS8 4QD

01/02736/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 8 January 2002

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from office to self contained flat (Use Class C3).

Received
10 August 2001
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clifton
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 151 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Britannia Buildings Merchants Road Hotwells Bristol BS8 4QD. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 16 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Clifton. We hold 3,845 applications in total for the BS8 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS8 4QD
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2001
Consultation expiry
19 September 2001
Consultation start
14 August 2001
Neighbour consultation start
29 August 2001
Neighbour consultation end
19 September 2001
Target decision date
5 October 2001
Application expires
12 September 2001
Permission expires
8 January 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 August 2001
Advertisement expiry
12 September 2001
Site notice start
22 August 2001
Site notice end
12 September 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: City Docks
  • Article 4 direction: Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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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