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23 Small Lane Bristol BS16 1AJ

22/04289/CECertificate of Lawfulness - existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 May 2023

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness BE ISSUEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing student HMO (Use Class C4).

Received
5 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastville
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 252 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Small Lane Bristol BS16 1AJ. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 31 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Stapleton and Frome Valley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Eastville. We hold 1,712 applications in total for the BS16 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
BS16 1AJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2022
Target decision date
7 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stapleton and Frome Valley
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 East
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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