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St Patricks RC Church & Presbytery Netham Road Bristol BS5 9PF

16/01892/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 29 September 2016

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a two storey extension to the south side of the church, which will provide (at ground floor level), three relocated presbytery bedrooms and the addition of five studio, retirement flats. At first floor, the existing worship area will be extended to provide approx. 100 new seating places, a quiet room providing 30 seats, a columbarium at the western end of the first floor extension with sacristies and a parish office to the eastern end.

Received
5 April 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St George West
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.17 May
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 164 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at St Patricks RC Church & Presbytery Netham Road Bristol BS5 9PF. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 19 weeks 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. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the BS5 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
BS5 9PF
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St George
District
St George

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 April 2016
Consultation expiry
30 May 2016
Consultation start
26 April 2016
Consultation end
17 May 2016
Neighbour consultation start
9 May 2016
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2016
Target decision date
13 June 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 May 2016
Site notice end
25 May 2016

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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