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Merchants House Wapping Road Bristol BS1 4RW

18/05677/FFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 1 February 2019

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External and internal works, including installation of a roof terrace, recladding elevations, new pedestrian entrance and altered parking provision. (resubmission).

Received
26 October 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Central
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 98 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Merchants House Wapping Road Bristol BS1 4RW. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 8 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Central. We hold 881 applications in total for the BS1 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
BS1 4RW
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2018
Consultation expiry
5 December 2018
Consultation end
3 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2018
Target decision date
21 December 2018
Committee meeting
30 January 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 December 2018
Site notice end
5 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07383326
Documents
58
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: City Docks
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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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© 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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