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527 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol Bristol City BS16 3AH

26/11190/COUPrior Notification - Change of use (C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GIVENDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastville
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 527 Fishponds Road Fishponds Bristol Bristol City BS16 3AH. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Eastville. We hold 1,712 applications in total for the BS16 postcode area.

77% of amendment 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
BS16 3AH
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Fishponds

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
22 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14786896
Documents
13
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 East
  • 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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