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78 Barnstaple Road Bristol BS4 1JP

25/15461/HXPrior Notification - House extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension that would exceed beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4 metres, have a maximum height of 4 metres, and have eaves that are 2.7 metres high.

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Filwood
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 78 Barnstaple Road Bristol BS4 1JP. Bristol has handled 1,217 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 35 applications across Filwood. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the BS4 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 1JP
Application type
Prior Notification - House extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Filwood, Knowle And Windmill Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14571000
Documents
4
Constraints
4

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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