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5 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XL

22/P/2492/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 March 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from vacant care home (Use Class C2) to HMO (Sui Generis) comprising 13 bedrooms and communal facilities. Demolition of 1no. rear single storey modern extension; Replacement of 2no. windows to rear elevation of house with new timber windows ; erection of an extension to retained rear single storey extension, replacement of modern windows in rear extension with new UPVC windows and remodelling of the rear extension and rear yard. Provision of refuse storage to front and rear of property, replacement of metal gate to rear boundary.

Received
17 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
Washbourne Consulting
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XL. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. We hold 2,070 applications in total for the BS23 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
BS23 1XL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2022
Target decision date
1 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Washbourne Consulting
Architect profile
WASHBOURNE CONSULTING LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio Willow Pond Pass Street Eckington, Worcestershire WR10 3AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
105 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    17 Oct

    Change of use from vacant care home (Use Class C2) to HMO (Sui Generis) comprising 13 bedrooms and communal…

    This applicationRefusedFull22/P/2492/FUL
  2. 2022
    17 Oct

    Change of use from vacant care home (Use Class C2) to HMO (Sui Generis) comprising 13 bedrooms and communal…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside22/P/2493/LBC

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