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6 Hopkins Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1RS

23/P/1843/LDEs191 Lawful use/development-existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 October 2023

Council decision: Approve (Lawful)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the retention of 5 no. self-contained residential flats.

Received
24 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
MT Planning
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 6 Hopkins Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1RS. North Somerset has handled 523 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

89% of amendment 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 1RS
Application type
s191 Lawful use/development-existing
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023
Decision issued
30 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
MT Planning
Agent address
54 Suffolk Drive Whiteley PO15 7DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Source: North Somerset

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