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23 Horfield Road Bristol BS2 8EA

26/10575/FFull PlanningAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to Class C4 (small Houses in Multiple Occupation), with associated provision for car parking, refuse, and cycle storage.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision due
8 April 2026
Ward
Central
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 19 March.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Horfield Road Bristol BS2 8EA. Bristol has handled 4,736 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Central. We hold 349 applications in total for the BS2 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
BS2 8EA
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 March 2026
Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14686079
Documents
23
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps
  • Listed building: Grade II: 23, Horfield RoadOn this site · +6 more
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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