Portbury Wharf Water Recycling Centre The Drove Portbury

20/P/1772/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 12 October 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a welfare cabin at Portbury Wharf Water Recycling Centre to improve the welfare facilities for operatives working on site.

Received: 30 July 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: North Somerset
Ward: Gordano Valley

ReceivedReceived30 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Aug
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date12 Oct
DecidedDecided12 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Portbury Wharf Water Recycling Centre The Drove Portbury. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Gordano Valley. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the BS20 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: BS20 7TD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Portbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 August 2020
Last date for comments: 14 September 2020
Target decision date: 12 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wessex Water
Agent address: Wessex Water Claverton Down BATH BA2 7WW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: North Somerset
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: North Somerset

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