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Bridge House High Street Congresbury BS49 5JA

19/P/0881/CCAPrior App Part 3c retail to rest/cafeWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 17 June 2019

Council decision: Withdrawn by applicantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use of existing office (Use Class A2) to use as a community coffee shop (Use Class A3)

Received
5 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Congresbury And Puxton
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Bridge House High Street Congresbury BS49 5JA. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 73 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Congresbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Congresbury And Puxton. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the BS49 postcode area.

73% of outline 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
BS49 5JA
Application type
Prior App Part 3c retail to rest/cafe
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Congresbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2019
Last date for comments
21 May 2019
Target decision date
25 June 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Congresbury
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    2 Mar

    Enclose overhang to north-west elevation overlooking courtyard incorporating extended roof to form open…

    ApprovedFull Application23/P/0462/FUL
  2. 2019
    8 Aug

    Change of use of part of premises and the use of the outside courtyard from use class A2 (Financial and…

    ApprovedFull Application19/P/1947/FUL
  3. 2018
    2 Jul

    Retrospective application for advertising consent for 2 No. illuminated fascia signs on the west and east…

    Split decisionAdvertisement consent18/P/3632/ADV
  4. 2016
    13 Oct

    Replacement windows and alterations to windows.

    ApprovedFull application16/P/2518/F
  5. 2015
    1 Jun

    Change of use of first floor from office use to 1no. residential unit (flat). Change of use of ground floor…

    ApprovedFull application15/P/1411/F

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