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4 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RQ

24/P/0445/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 June 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of the front section of the ground floor from a restaurant to a 2no. bed residential flat (C3).

Received
1 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
N Gittins Architecture
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RQ. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. 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 1RQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2024
Target decision date
27 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
N Gittins Architecture
Agent address
28 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
108 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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