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Former Gas Works (West Purifer House) Lime Kiln Road Bristol BS1 6UN

19/00103/CONDApproval/Discharge of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 August 2019

Council decision: Condition application decided

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Proposal

Approval of conditions 6 (Details of ramp), 15 (Gate drawings) & 19 (method statement) of planning permission 16/05329/F for the erection of building to provide residential accommodation (Class C3), associated parking, landscaping and boundary treatment. Internal and external alterations to West Purifier House and the Engine House to facilitate conversion into 58 residential units (Class C3). Alterations to boundary wall to provide access (Major Application)

Received
8 January 2019
Ward
Hotwells & Harbourside
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 213 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Gas Works (West Purifer House) Lime Kiln Road Bristol BS1 6UN. Bristol has handled 1,733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 24 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Hotwells & Harbourside. We hold 881 applications in total for the BS1 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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 6UN
Application type
Approval/Discharge of conditions
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
58
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2019
Consultation expiry
13 March 2019
Consultation end
13 March 2019
Target decision date
5 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07393709
Documents
10
Constraints
9

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: City Docks
  • Listed building: Grade II: Gateway and Boundary Wall to East and West Sides of RoadOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Brownfield land register: Purifier House West, Anchor RoadRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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