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Ground Floor 272 Church Road St George Bristol

15/06153/COUPrior Notification - Change of use (C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 January 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval GIVENDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for prior approval for a proposed change of use from Financial and Professional Services (Use Class A2) to a flat falling within Class C3 (Dwellinghouse).

Received
26 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St George West
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ground Floor 272 Church Road St George Bristol. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across St George West.

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

Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St George
District
St George

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2015
Consultation expiry
31 December 2015
Consultation start
7 December 2015
Consultation end
28 December 2015
Neighbour consultation start
10 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2015
Target decision date
21 January 2016
Decision issued
20 January 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
8

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: 256 Church Road St George Bristol BS5 8AFRegister 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    9 Feb

    Application to approve details in relation to conditions 1 (Further details) of permission 15/06153/COU

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions17/00780/COND
  2. 2015
    26 Nov

    Application for prior approval for a proposed change of use from Financial and Professional Services (Use…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment15/06153/COU

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