Halfway Garage Bristol Road Congresbury BS49 5BG
Approved on 21 October 2020
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The change of use of petrol station to a car wash and valeting business and the erection of an acoustic screen to enclose hand car wash facility
- Received
- 10 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- North Somerset
- Ward
- Congresbury And Puxton
- Agent
- M B Grieve Chartered Architect
- ReceivedReceived10 Jun
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided21 Oct
Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Halfway Garage Bristol Road Congresbury BS49 5BG. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.
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
- BS49 5BG
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Congresbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2020
- Last date for comments
- 16 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2020
- Decision issued
- 22 October 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- M B Grieve Chartered Architect
- Agent address
- The Old Yard 1a Downs Park East Bristol BS6 7QF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201927 Sep
3 advertising boards to promote hand car wash facility. 1 free standing and 2 fixed to the site boundary wall.
WithdrawnAdvertisement consent19/P/2394/ADV - 201926 Sep
The erection of a covered canopy attached to the south boundary wall
WithdrawnFull Application19/P/2385/FUL - 201926 Sep
Retrospective application for the mixed use of the existing garage to include a car wash operation (sui…
RefusedFull Application19/P/2377/FUL
Source: North Somerset
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