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577 - 579 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3AF

14/02897/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 18 August 2014

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from Use Class D2 (Gymnasium) to Use Class D1(Non-residential education and training centre).Change front windows and door, build 600mm brickwork with new aluminium double glazed frames. New toilets and ablusion rooms. New basement entrance. Reposition ground floor fire escape door.

Received
13 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastville
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 577 - 579 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3AF. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Eastville. We hold 1,712 applications in total for the BS16 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
BS16 3AF
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds
District
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2014
Consultation expiry
7 August 2014
Neighbour consultation start
17 July 2014
Neighbour consultation end
7 August 2014
Target decision date
19 August 2014
Permission expires
18 August 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03461392
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 East
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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