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Merchants Academy Gatehouse Avenue Bristol BS13 9AJ

17/03021/FFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 1 December 2017

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 2 form-entry Primary School with Nursery and Autistic Condition Spectrum (ASC) School to be co-located on the site, associated play areas, car parking and drop off area. Demolition of former St Johns Ambulance building to create new access and parking area from Hareclive Road.

Received
30 May 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hartcliffe & Withywood
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 178 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Merchants Academy Gatehouse Avenue Bristol BS13 9AJ. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 20 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Hartcliffe & Withywood. We hold 865 applications in total for the BS13 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
BS13 9AJ
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Dundry View
District
Dundry View

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2017
Consultation expiry
1 November 2017
Consultation end
10 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
1 November 2017
Target decision date
5 September 2017
Committee meeting
29 November 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 July 2017
Site notice end
12 July 2017

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal withdrawn
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06103382
Documents
53
Constraints
4

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    18 Dec

    Application to approve details in relation to conditions 9 (extraction/ventilation), 13 (soils), 15 (solar…

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions20/06133/COND
  2. 2020
    14 Oct

    Application for non-material amendment following grant of planning permission 18/003233/F

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/04855/NMA
  3. 2020
    16 Mar

    Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission. 18/03233/F

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/01238/NMA
  4. 2020
    24 Jan

    Application for a non-material amendment following permission 18/03233/F

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/00353/NMA
  5. 2020
    10 Jan

    Application for a non-material amendment following grant of planning permission. 18/03233/F

    ApprovedNon-material amendment20/00099/NMA
  6. 2019
    9 Aug

    Application to approve details reserved by condition 8 (Public Art) of permission 18/03233/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions19/03924/COND

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