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Commercial Units EM1 And EM2 Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5GF

24/P/0476/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 March 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non material amendment to application 22/P/1256/RM (Reserved matters application for appearance pursuant to outline permission 21/P/0019/OUT (Outline application for redevelopment of Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate entailing demolition and site clearance; construction of 38 No. dwellings (class C3) and 450sq.m offices (class E) in 2 No. buildings. Associated works including internal road network, car parking, drainage, open space and play area. Full details provided for access, layout, scale and landscaping. Matters of appearance reserved for subsequent approval) for 37no dwellings and 335.1 sq.m of commercial floorspace (Use Class E)), to allow for 1), Reduction in ridge height and nominally reduced eaves height to front elevation. 2), Removal of mezzanine floors, resulting in a reduction in commercial floor area from 335.1 sq.m to 298 sq.m. 3), Amalgamation of units in EM1 to provide 2 instead of 3 commercial units. 4), Amendment to fenestration arrangement and introduction of more / larger ground floor windows to compensate for removal of roof lights. 5), Removal of loading bay / roller-shutter door (potential for future installation is retained) and 6), Removal of entrance canopy posts.

Received
4 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Wrington
Agent
Rapleys LLP
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Commercial Units EM1 And EM2 Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5GF. North Somerset has handled 523 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Wrington. We hold 2,267 applications in total for the BS40 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
BS40 5GF
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
38
Parish
Wrington

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rapleys LLP
Agent address
21 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4PH

Additional information

Comments
0
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.

  • Green belt: North Somerset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: North Somerset

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