Withywood Area Office 159 Four Acres Bristol BS13 8QR
Approved on 14 June 2012
Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to allow its use as offices with a workshop (within Use Class B1).
- Received
- 12 April 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Bishopsworth
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided14 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Withywood Area Office 159 Four Acres Bristol BS13 8QR. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 3 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopsworth and Malago conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Bishopsworth. We hold 865 applications in total for the BS13 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
- BS13 8QR
- Application type
- Full Planning (Regulation 3)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dundry View
- District
- Dundry View
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 30 May 2012
- Consultation start
- 2 May 2012
- Consultation end
- 23 May 2012
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 May 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 May 2012
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2012
- Decision issued
- 15 June 2012
- Permission expires
- 15 June 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 May 2012
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 May 2012
- Site notice start
- 9 May 2012
- Site notice end
- 30 May 2012
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01897444
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bishopsworth and Malago
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202123 Jul
Application for variation of a condition No. 9 (List of approved plans and drawings) following grant of…
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)21/04001/X - 20194 Dec
Change of use from office/workshop (Use Class B1) to specialist school (Use Class D1).
ApprovedFull Planning19/05866/F - 201914 Nov
Notification for Prior Approval for Proposed Change of Use of a building and any land within its curtilage…
RefusedPrior Notification-Change of use (Other)19/05502/CU - 201215 Oct
Proposed double garage and attached store.
ApprovedFull Planning12/04548/F
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