The Christmas Steps 2 Christmas Steps Bristol BS1 5BS
Proposal
Conversion of existing office space back to residential use.
- Received
- 15 January 2025
- Decided
- 12 May 2025 · Application Withdrawn
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Ward
- Central
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- ReceivedSubmitted15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 87 days (council typically 42)
This is a heritage application at The Christmas Steps 2 Christmas Steps Bristol BS1 5BS. Bristol has handled 944 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 67 days. This one was decided in 117 days, 7 weeks longer than Bristol's median. The site is in the St Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Central. We hold 859 applications in total for the BS1 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: St. Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps
- Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
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.
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