47 - 49 Summerhill Road Bristol BS5 8HQ

25/15432/CECertificate of Lawfulness - existingApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 January 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness BE ISSUEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity - The evidence submitted demonstrates that following the commencement of the setting out, and construction of the access road, which took place on 1st December 2025, the permission is lawfully implemented with reference to Sections 55 and 56 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Received: 15 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Bristol City Council
Ward: St George Central

ReceivedReceived15 Dec
ValidatedValidated15 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Feb
DecidedDecided26 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 47 - 49 Summerhill Road Bristol BS5 8HQ. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. There have been 5 other applications 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 8HQ
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - existing
Scale / size: Small
Parish: St George

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 December 2025
Target decision date: 9 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14561697
Documents: 6
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Article 4 East
Brownfield land register: 47 - 49 Summerhill Road, St GeorgeRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 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.

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