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3 Unity Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5HH

02/00631/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 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 part of lower ground floor to A3 (Food and Drink) and external alterations to Frogmore Street elevation to include new entrance doors, window and canopy.

Received
21 February 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cabot
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Unity Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5HH. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 3 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the College Green conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 881 applications in total for the BS1 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
BS1 5HH
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2002
Consultation expiry
24 April 2002
Consultation start
27 February 2002
Neighbour consultation start
3 April 2002
Neighbour consultation end
24 April 2002
Target decision date
24 April 2002
Application expires
3 April 2002
Permission expires
24 April 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 March 2002
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2002
Site notice start
13 March 2002
Site notice end
3 April 2002

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: College Green
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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

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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