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261 Gloucester Road Bishopston Bristol BS7 8NY

26/10525/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of building, including raising of roof level at rear second floor level, to facilitate use as a small dwellinghouse in multiple occupation (Use Class C4), including the erection of a cycle and refuse/recycling store.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishopston & Ashley Down
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 261 Gloucester Road Bishopston Bristol BS7 8NY. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Bishopston & Ashley Down. We hold 346 applications in total for the BS7 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
BS7 8NY
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopston, Cotham And Redland

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14688821
Documents
20
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 North
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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