8 St James Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SS
Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use of ground floor restaurant to dwelling house (area to be made part of the whole building living area, the entire building will then be 1no. dwelling house)
- Received
- 17 October 2023
- Decided
- 20 December 2023 · Prior approval - refuse (not PD)
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- North Somerset
- Ward
- Weston-super-Mare Central
- ReceivedReceived17 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Dec
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at 8 St James Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SS. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type and approves 74% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than North Somerset's median. 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 88 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. We hold 1,978 applications in total for the BS23 postcode area.
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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)
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