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First Floor 56 High Street Portishead BS20 6EL

23/P/1721/CM2APrior App Part 3MA Class E to ResApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 November 2023

Council decision: Prior approval - required and grantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of first floor from offices (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3)

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead North
Agent
Planning Ventures Ltd
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor 56 High Street Portishead BS20 6EL. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 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 50 applications across Portishead North. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the BS20 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
BS20 6EL
Application type
Prior App Part 3MA Class E to Res
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023
Target decision date
8 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Ventures Ltd
Agent address
52 Jubilee Road Knowle Bristol

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Combe House Combe Road PortisheadRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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.

Source: North Somerset

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