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Commonwealth House 2 Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 1PD

06/04958/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 17 January 2007

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued dual use comprising B1 (office) and D1 (clinic/ medical) uses and incorporating permission to change to a single B1 (office) use under Class E of Part 3 Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (GPD) Order 1995.

Received
23 November 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clifton East
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Commonwealth House 2 Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 1PD. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,847 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 1PD
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2006
Consultation expiry
3 January 2007
Consultation start
28 November 2006
Consultation end
19 December 2006
Neighbour consultation start
11 December 2006
Neighbour consultation end
1 January 2007
Target decision date
18 January 2007
Permission expires
17 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 December 2006
Advertisement expiry
3 January 2007
Site notice start
13 December 2006
Site notice end
3 January 2007

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clifton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Royal Colonial InstituteOn this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, 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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