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Merchants House Wapping Road Bristol BS1 4RW

21/05888/FFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 6 April 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

External works to include changes to landscaping to the front of Merchants House.

Received
2 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 146 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 155 days, 16 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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
11 November 2021
Consultation expiry
2 February 2022
Consultation end
2 February 2022
Target decision date
6 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 December 2021
Site notice end
29 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10257359
Documents
17
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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