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5 Kensal Avenue Bristol BS3 4QY

26/10579/CPCertificate of Lawfulness - proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 February 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 a Proposed Use or Development - Loft conversion with rear flat roof dormer.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Windmill Hill
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 16 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 5 Kensal Avenue Bristol BS3 4QY. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Windmill Hill. We hold 666 applications in total for the BS3 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
BS3 4QY
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Filwood, Knowle And Windmill Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14697853
Documents
4
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 South
  • 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

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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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