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37 Backwell Hill Road Backwell BS48 3PL

14/P/0318/FFull applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2014

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential dwelling (C3 Use Class) to 9no. bedroom Guest House (C1 Use Class) with associated internal alterations. External alterations to the south elevation to change 3no. metal framed windows to wooden framed windows. Access to be from Stancombe Lane

Received
21 January 2014
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 Backwell Hill Road Backwell BS48 3PL. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Backwell Farleigh conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,557 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

90% of full applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS48 3PL
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Catherine's Court Berkeley Place Bristol BS8 1BQ

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
53

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: Backwell Farleigh
  • Green belt: North Somerset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Source: North Somerset

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