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705A Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3UH

23/03601/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 5 June 2024

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from flat to HMO.

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frome Vale
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 236 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 705A Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3UH. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 32 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Stapleton and Frome Valley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Frome Vale. 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 3UH
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Consultation expiry
7 February 2024
Consultation end
6 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 November 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 February 2024
Site notice end
7 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12458281
Documents
10
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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