The Willows 159 Four Acres Bristol BS13 8RA
Refused on 9 January 2020
Council decision: Prior Approval REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification for Prior Approval for Proposed Change of Use of a building and any land within its curtilage from Business (Class B1), Hotels (Class C1), Residential Institutions (Class C2), Secure Residential Institutions (Class C2A) or Assembly and Leisure (Class D2) to a state-funded school.
- Received
- 14 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Hartcliffe & Withywood
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Willows 159 Four Acres Bristol BS13 8RA. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopsworth and Malago conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- Postcode
- BS13 8RA
- Application type
- Prior Notification-Change of use (Other)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dundry View
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 3 January 2020
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2020
- Permission expires
- 9 January 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 3 January 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bishopsworth and Malago
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202123 Jul
Application for variation of a condition No. 9 (List of approved plans and drawings) following grant of…
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)21/04001/X - 20194 Dec
Change of use from office/workshop (Use Class B1) to specialist school (Use Class D1).
ApprovedFull Planning19/05866/F - 201215 Oct
Proposed double garage and attached store.
ApprovedFull Planning12/04548/F - 201212 Apr
Change of use to allow its use as offices with a workshop (within Use Class B1).
ApprovedFull Planning (Regulation 3)12/01665/FB
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