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17 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HA

24/P/1620/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 September 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non material amendment to 23/P/0985/FUL (Conversion of existing mixed use retail and residential building to create four ground floor retail units (Use Class E) and 40no. residential units above. Works to include demolition of existing third floor and erection of extended third floor; insertion of new and replacement of existing windows and doors; creation of balconies to flats.) to allow for 1.) A change in the layout of the residential units, comprising of 19no. units each on the first and second floors and 2no. on the third floor. 2.) Removal of balconies to the east (High Street) and West (St, James Street) elevations and their replacement with floor to ceiling widows and 3). Alterations to the ground floor to include the removal of the external doors to the retail units, which will be provided internally.

Received
6 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
Collier Planning
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 17 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HA. North Somerset has handled 523 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. We hold 2,072 applications in total for the BS23 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
BS23 1HA
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
40
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collier Planning
Agent address
2nd Floor, Unit 2 Chartfield House Taunton TA1 4AS

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
  • Brownfield land register: Former TJ Hughes Store High Street Weston-super-MareRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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