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Talbot Inn 304 Wells Road Knowle Bristol BS4 2QG

25/10483/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Partial change of use from Public House (sui generis) to mixed-use comprising Public House (sui generis) and hostel accommodation (sui generis). Conversion of rear ground floor and upper floors to hostel use (sui generis), with associated external alterations.

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Knowle
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 325 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Talbot Inn 304 Wells Road Knowle Bristol BS4 2QG. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 46 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Knowle. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the BS4 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
BS4 2QG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Filwood, Knowle And Windmill Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2025
Consultation expiry
24 December 2025
Consultation end
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 December 2025
Target decision date
12 May 2025
Committee meeting
28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13743912
Documents
17
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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