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Top Lodge Cemetery Road Bristol BS4 3DE

26/11227/NPrior Notification - DemolitionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval REFUSED1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Demolition of Buildings The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B

Received
19 March 2026
Ward
Knowle
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Top Lodge Cemetery Road Bristol BS4 3DE. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Arnos Vale conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Knowle. We hold 1,126 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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Why it was refused

  1. Demolition in a Conservation Area The proposed demolition constitutes relevant demolition within the meaning of section 196D of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, being the demolition of an unlisted building within a conservation area. The development is therefore not permitted by Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). As a result, the proposal is not eligible for determination under the prior approval procedure and requires express planning permission. Advice: The plans that were formally considered as part of the above application are as follows: 364EL(5)01 - Location plan, received 19 March 2026

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BS4 3DE
Application type
Prior Notification - Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Filwood, Knowle And Windmill Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14791168
Documents
16
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Arnos Vale
  • Registered park and garden: Arnos Vale Cemetery
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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