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Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ

22/P/2078/EA1Request for formal screening opinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2022

Council decision: EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Screening Opinion as to whether Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for a proposed development to create a new mix of uses including community hub, farm shop, café, studio spaces and artisans studios together with retention of the overnight accommodation offer. Erection of 7no. new build low carbon homes and a state of the art Head Quarters office for Studio Hive in the grounds of the property. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

Received
25 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Long Ashton
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 177 applications across Long Ashton. We hold 2,557 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

74% 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 1LQ
Application type
Request for formal screening opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wraxall And Failand

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    8 Aug

    Listed Building Consent for internal re-configuration, internal and external fabric repairs and window…

    ApprovedListed building consent23/P/1705/LBC
  2. 2023
    8 Aug

    Erection of a two-storey rear extension to main building with solar panels on roof for use as office…

    ApprovedFull Application23/P/1704/FUL
  3. 2017
    15 Aug

    Adapting the existing external steel stair to the rear; removal of another external steel stair and…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/P/2123/LB
  4. 2017
    15 Aug

    Adapting the existing external steel stair to the rear; removal of another external steel stair and…

    ApprovedFull application17/P/2122/F
  5. 2014
    23 Dec

    New door opening to the rear at ground floor level. Removal of existing steel external staircase, replacing…

    ApprovedFull application15/P/0135/F
  6. 2014
    23 Dec

    Listed Building consent for new door opening to the rear at ground floor level. Removal of existing steel…

    ApprovedListed building consent15/P/0136/LB

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