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Capricorn Place Pontoon Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4SX

22/06080/FBFull PlanningApproved
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Approved on 12 May 2023

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of pontoon infrastructure to deliver a mooring facility including storage facilities and amenities building and installation of floating reed beds.

Received
28 December 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hotwells & Harbourside
  1. Received28 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 127 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Capricorn Place Pontoon Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4SX. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 13 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the City Docks conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Hotwells & Harbourside. We hold 3,845 applications in total for the BS8 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
BS8 4SX
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2023
Consultation expiry
8 February 2023
Consultation end
7 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2023
Target decision date
2 March 2023
Committee meeting
10 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 February 2023
Site notice end
8 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11788022
Documents
39
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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: City Docks
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Premises Occupied By Wickham and Morris (Timber Importers)On 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.

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.

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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