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1 Wharf Villas Wharf Lane Portbury BS20 7TD

21/P/2534/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 May 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of land adjacent to 1 Wharf Villas to residential garden, together with the erection of a carport and gravel hardstanding (part retrospective)

Received
3 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Gordano Valley
Agent
P.J. Orchard Architects
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Wharf Villas Wharf Lane Portbury BS20 7TD. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 29 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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
15 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
P.J. Orchard Architects
Agent address
9 West Hill Gardens Portishead BS20 6LJ

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

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.

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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    6 Jul

    Erection of a rear orangery

    ApprovedFull application16/P/1729/F

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