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Purifier House Gasferry Road Bristol

07/03750/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2008

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment and conversion of Purifier House to provide office use (Class B1), retail use (Class A1) and restaurant/cafe use (Class 3). Erection of three/four storey building to provide ten residential apartments, retail use (Class 1) and restaurant/cafe use (Class 3). Associated car parking, cycle parking, landscaping and boundary treatment.

Received
20 August 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Cabot
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 163 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Purifier House Gasferry Road Bristol. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 17 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2007
Consultation expiry
12 November 2007
Consultation start
3 October 2007
Consultation end
12 November 2007
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2007
Neighbour consultation end
24 September 2007
Target decision date
19 November 2007
Committee meeting
30 January 2008
Decision issued
14 September 2009
Permission expires
14 September 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2007
Advertisement expiry
3 October 2007
Site notice start
12 September 2007
Site notice end
3 October 2007

Additional information

Documents
35
Constraints
7

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: City Docks
  • Listed building: Grade II: Retort House at St 5797 7251 East of Gasferry RoadOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Brownfield land register: Purifier House West, Anchor RoadRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    20 Aug

    Internal and external alterations to building to facilitate reuse. Alterations to Gasferry Road wall to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside07/03748/LA
  2. 2007
    20 Aug

    Refurbishment and conversion of Purifier House to provide office use (Class B1), retail use (Class A1) and…

    This applicationApprovedFull07/03750/F

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