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131 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN

24/P/1501/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 10 October 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a cafe (Class E) with ancillary accommodation at first floor to a large house in multiple occupation (HMO), (Class C4) for up to 8no. people with office and communal areas at ground floor (sui generis).

Received
23 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
21
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Agent
nicholas morley architects
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 131 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 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
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Target decision date
10 October 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

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Appeal history

3363019
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 September 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
28

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Mar

    Section 73 Application to vary condition 2 (Approved Plans) on application 24/P/1501/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/P/0713/S73
  2. 2024
    23 Jul

    Proposed change of use from a cafe (Class E) with ancillary accommodation at first floor to a large house in…

    This applicationRefusedFull24/P/1501/FUL

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