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Beacon Tower Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3HQ

14/05345/COUPrior Notification - Change of use (C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 December 2014

Council decision: Prior Approval GIVENDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the proposed change of use from office floor space within Use Class B1 (a) to residential accommodation falling within Use Class C3 (dwelling)

Received
24 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frome Vale
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Beacon Tower Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3HQ. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Frome Vale. We hold 1,714 applications in total for the BS16 postcode area.

77% of amendment 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 3HQ
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds
District
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2014
Consultation expiry
2 December 2014
Consultation start
6 November 2014
Consultation end
27 November 2014
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2014
Target decision date
22 December 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 East
  • Brownfield land register: Newton Motors 598 - 600 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3DARegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2015
    8 Jun

    Application for non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission. Application 14/05345/COU

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment15/02912/NMA
  2. 2014
    24 Oct

    Prior approval for the proposed change of use from office floor space within Use Class B1 (a) to residential…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment14/05345/COU

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