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8 Unity Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5HH

23/02357/LAListed Building Consent (Alter/Extend)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 9 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of Use Class E offices into a Sui Generis HMO with associated alterations.

Received
15 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 232 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 8 Unity Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5HH. Bristol has handled 944 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 28 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the College Green conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.

92% of heritage 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 5HH
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alter/Extend)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2023
Consultation expiry
18 August 2023
Consultation end
18 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
9 August 2023
Target decision date
17 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 August 2023
Site notice end
2 August 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/20112/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3346988
Dismissed
Type: Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 June 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12082317
Documents
34
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: College Green
  • Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Front Area RailingsOn 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…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    15 Jun

    Conversion of Use Class E offices into a Sui Generis HMO with associated alterations.

    RefusedFull PlanningFiled alongside23/02356/F
  2. 2023
    15 Jun

    Conversion of Use Class E offices into a Sui Generis HMO with associated alterations.

    This applicationRefusedHeritage23/02357/LA

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