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131 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN

23/P/2753/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 March 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use from cafe (Class E) with ancillary accommodation at first floor to a 12no. room house of multiple occupation (HMO)(Sui Generis), a manager's flat at second floor level and office at front part of ground floor. Works to also include; Partial demolition and rework of existing floor levels to the West elevation. Creation/completion of a first floor, creation of a second floor including 9no. dormers to the North elevation and 1no. large dormer to the South elevation. Fenestration changes including removal and installation of windows and doors alongside application of render to the North and West elevations.

Received
13 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
40
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Agent
Nicholas Morley Architects
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 131 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Weston-super-Mare Hillside. We hold 2,070 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 1HN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nicholas Morley Architects
Architect profile
NICHOLAS MORLEY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Suite 10 Corum 2 Corum Office Park Crown Way Warmley Bristol BS30 8FJ

Additional information

Documents
27

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: Melrose/Grove Park+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 132-138, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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