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Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ

23/P/1704/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2025

Council decision: Approve with legal agreementDelegated (officer decision)29 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of a two-storey rear extension to main building with solar panels on roof for use as office; retention of ancillary bed & breakfast accommodation and part retention of licenced space, change of use of remainder to multi-use business and local community hub (including office and flexible work/collaboration/shop/cafe space falling within use class E and F(2)). Conversion of stables to 1no.retail unit and garages; refurbishment of boundary walls and out-buildings, hard and soft landscaping, circulation and car and cycle parking. Erection 4no. terraced houses, 2no. mews house and 1no. coach house (7. no dwellings).

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
34
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Long Ashton
Agent
RPS Consulting Services
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 530 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 568 days, 73 weeks longer 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.

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
BS48 1LQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wraxall And Failand

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Target decision date
26 February 2025
Decision issued
27 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RPS Consulting Services
Agent address
2 Callaghan Square Cardiff CF10 5AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
530 days

Additional information

Documents
179

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    8 Aug

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

    This applicationApprovedFull23/P/1704/FUL
  2. 2023
    8 Aug

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

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/P/1705/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    25 Aug

    Screening Opinion as to whether Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for a proposed development…

    ApprovedRequest for formal screening opinion22/P/2078/EA1
  2. 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
  3. 2017
    15 Aug

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

    ApprovedFull application17/P/2122/F
  4. 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
  5. 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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