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Orchard Lodge Brinsea Batch Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JP

21/P/1820/LDEs191 Lawful use/development-existingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 4 January 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use as a residential dwelling without compliance with the agricultural occupancy condition.

Received
22 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Congresbury And Puxton
Agent
David James and Partners
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Orchard Lodge Brinsea Batch Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JP. North Somerset has handled 523 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 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 94 applications across Congresbury And Puxton. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the BS49 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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 5JP
Application type
s191 Lawful use/development-existing
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Congresbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2021
Target decision date
23 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
David James and Partners
Agent address
David James And Partners Barley Wood Stables, Long Lane Long Lane Wrington BS40 5SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
184 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00031/AT02
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3300997
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 December 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

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)
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.

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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