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The Old Tavern Blackberry Hill Bristol BS16 1DB

23/02680/FFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 1 November 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of public house to student accommodation with ancillary common parts, demolition of existing outcrop elements and the construction of purpose-built student accommodation with associated works including landscaping, refuse storage and cycle storage.

Received
5 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Eastville
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 463 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old Tavern Blackberry Hill Bristol BS16 1DB. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 485 days, 63 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Stapleton and Frome Valley conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications 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.

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
BS16 1DB
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2023
Consultation expiry
26 August 2024
Consultation end
27 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 August 2024
Target decision date
21 September 2023
Committee meeting
23 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 September 2023
Site notice end
6 September 2023

Appeal history

3357947
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 May 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12280341
Documents
69
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stapleton and Frome Valley
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Tavern Public HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 East
  • 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.

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  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition nos. 15 (ASHP), 20 (refuse storage and recycling…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/13120/COND
  2. 2026
    27 May

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition no. 7 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) of permission…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/12240/COND
  3. 2026
    10 Apr

    Application for Removal or Variation of Condition No. 2 following a Grant of Planning permission 23/02680/F

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/11531/X
  4. 2026
    31 Mar

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 13 & parts c,d,e of (Land contaimination)…

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions26/11423/COND
  5. 2026
    18 Feb

    Application fotr approval of details reserved by condition 16 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions26/10684/COND
  6. 2026
    12 Feb

    Application fro approvla of details reserve by condtion 7 of permission 23/02680/F

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/10606/COND
  7. 2025
    23 Sep

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 11 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/14143/COND
  8. 2025
    3 Sep

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7 and 13 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/13834/COND
  9. 2025
    21 Jul

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 8 , 10 and 11 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/13188/COND
  10. 2025
    9 Jul

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3, 4 and 6 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/13030/COND
  11. 2025
    12 Jun

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 and 12 of permission 23/02680/F

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/12617/COND
  12. 2025
    20 May

    Application for approval of details reserve by condition 9 of APP/Z0116/W/24/3357947

    Condition application decidedDischarge of conditions25/12251/COND
  13. 2023
    5 Jul

    Change of use of public house to student accommodation with ancillary common parts, demolition of existing…

    This applicationRefusedFull23/02680/F
  14. 2023
    5 Jul

    Alterations to the listed building, partial demolitions, extension to ancillary buildings along Small Lane…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/02681/LA

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