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594 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3DA

15/00072/COUPrior Notification - Change of use (C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 March 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval GIVENDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of ground floor from use within Use Class A1 to 1 unit of residential accommodation falling within Use Class C3 (dwellinghouses).

Received
6 January 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastville
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 594 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3DA. 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 56 applications across Eastville. We hold 1,712 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 3DA
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds
District
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2015
Consultation expiry
9 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2015
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2015
Target decision date
3 March 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
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
  • 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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