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17 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HA

23/P/0985/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 February 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)17 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing mixed use retail and residential building to create four ground floor retail units (Use Class E) and 40no. residential units above. Works to include demolition of existing third floor and erection of extended third floor; insertion of new and replacement of existing windows and doors; creation of balconies to flats.

Received
11 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
24
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 231 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 17 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HA. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 33 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. We hold 2,072 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 1HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
40
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2023
Target decision date
23 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bristol Surveying Co.
Agent address
Dramway Cottage 13 School Road Oldland Common Bristol BS30 6PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
232 days

Additional information

Documents
86

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Weston-super-Mare
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare
  • Brownfield land register: Former TJ Hughes Store High Street Weston-super-MareRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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  2. 2026
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  3. 2025
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  4. 2025
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  5. 2024
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  6. 2024
    6 Aug

    Non material amendment to 23/P/0985/FUL

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  7. 2023
    11 May

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    This applicationApprovedFull23/P/0985/FUL

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