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Backwell Motors 73 Station Road Backwell BS48 3LH

22/P/0696/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with legal agreementDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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

Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of petrol station, retail unit and workshop on front part of site, and the erection 7no. dwellings. Demolition of storage buildings on rear part of site and erection of 2no. new buildings to accommodate new retail unit and new building ancillary to car workshop. Access for approval with appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for subsequent approval

Received
16 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
Agent
WH Architects Ltd
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 493 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Backwell Motors 73 Station Road Backwell BS48 3LH. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 603 days, 78 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,555 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

73% of outline 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
BS48 3LH
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2022
Target decision date
9 November 2023
Decision issued
13 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
WH Architects Ltd
Agent address
Bookbinder House 1 Kingsdown Parade Bristol BS6 5UD

Planning decision

Statutory period
493 days

Additional information

Documents
40

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 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.

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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