Backwell School Station Road Backwell BS48 3BX
Proposal
Creation of a 3G Artificial Turf Football Pitch with associated features and including: Hard-standing areas for pedestrian access and circulation, vehicular maintenance and emergency access, and open-air storage for portable football goals; Installation of 6no. 14.00m high LED sports area lighting; Installation of 6no. 4.00m high LED amenity lights with lamp posts along path to pitch; 4.50m high ball stop fencing with access gates forming an enclosure around the facility; 1.20m high pitch barriers with access gates internally within the facility enclosure; 1.20m high pedestrian barriers bounding the access to the facility; maintenance equipment storage container and earthworks to create landscaped mounds
- Received
- 11 July 2024
- Decided
- 28 February 2025 · Approve
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 108
- Council
- North Somerset
- Ward
- Backwell
- ReceivedReceived11 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 205 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Backwell School Station Road Backwell BS48 3BX. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 65 days. This one was decided in 232 days, 24 weeks longer than North Somerset's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,469 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202618 May
Request to Discharge condition 8 (Pitch Quality and Registration) on application 24/P/1406/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/P/1045/AOC - 202516 Dec
Request to discharge condition 4 (Landscape environmental management plan) and 10 (Community use agreement)…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/P/2604/AOC - 202514 Mar
Request to discharge conditions 3 (Construction environmental management plan.), 5, (Biodiversity gain plan)…
Split decisionDischarge of conditions25/P/0555/AOC - 202411 Jul
Creation of a 3G Artificial Turf Football Pitch with associated features and including: Hard-standing areas…
This applicationApprovedFull24/P/1406/FUL
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.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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