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Land At Hicks Gate Bristol BS4 5SA

26/10146/SCOScoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Scoping Opinion completeDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a Scoping Opinion in relation to a proposed development comprising a residential scheme of up to 550 dwellings. The proposed development will include public open space, equipped play areas, pedestrian and cycle connection, landscaping, drainage attenuation, and associated infrastructure. All matters, except for access, are to be reserved at this stage.

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brislington East
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 197 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Hicks Gate Bristol BS4 5SA. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 22 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Brislington East. We hold 1,121 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 5SA
Application type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
550
Parish
Greater Brislington

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
18 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Avon ValleyPart of the site
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset+1 more
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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