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55 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RJ

20/P/0750/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of empty ground floor shop into 1no. two bedroom self-contained flat

Received
27 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
HGE Surveying Services Ltd
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 55 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RJ. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. We hold 2,072 applications in total for the BS23 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
BS23 1RJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2020
Last date for comments
14 May 2020
Target decision date
3 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
HGE Surveying Services Ltd
Agent address
38 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Additional information

Documents
26

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: Weston-super-Mare
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Source: North Somerset

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