Skip to content

Seabank Power Station Severn Road Avonmouth Bristol BS11 0YL

25/14650/REQURequirement for Development OrderApproved

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: Condition application decidedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016 (As amended) Formal Submission to discharge of Requirement 28 Seabank substation flood defence for Stage 12 of the authorised development. - seeking extension of time to implementation of flood defences previously approved at Seabank Substation by BCC under ref. 22/05815/REQU.

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Seabank Power Station Severn Road Avonmouth Bristol BS11 0YL. Bristol has handled 13,539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston. We hold 609 applications in total for the BS11 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BS11 0YL
Application type
Requirement for Development Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Avonmouth And Lawrence Weston

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Permission expires
26 November 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14424761
Documents
7
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Bristol

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BS11

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.