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3 Garfield Road Bristol BS5 7LU

24/01272/COUPrior Notification - Change of use (C3)Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 15 May 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of office from commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to 1 self-contained residential flat (Use Class C3).

Received
3 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St George Central
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3 Garfield Road Bristol BS5 7LU. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across St George Central. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the BS5 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
BS5 7LU
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St George

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2024
Consultation expiry
14 May 2024
Consultation end
14 May 2024
Target decision date
29 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
8 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12911195
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Car Sales site at 62-74 Bell Hill Road, St GeorgeRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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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