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253 Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4SF

23/00747/CUPrior Notification-Change of use (Other)Withdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 17 March 2023

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3).

Received
22 February 2023
Ward
Hotwells & Harbourside
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 253 Hotwell Road Bristol BS8 4SF. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 23 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Hotwells & Harbourside. We hold 3,845 applications in total for the BS8 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
BS8 4SF
Application type
Prior Notification-Change of use (Other)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2023
Consultation expiry
5 April 2023
Consultation end
23 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2023
Target decision date
19 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 April 2023
Site notice end
5 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11874930
Documents
0
Constraints
8

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)
  • Conservation area: Clifton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Drinking FountainOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Clifton Ward (1999 ward boundary)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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© 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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