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Elm Tree Farm Sheepway Portbury BS20 7TF

25/P/0496/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Approve24 conditions

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

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 23/P/1900/FUL (Replacement (demolition) of existing commercial and storage buildings with 2no. new buildings to provide new flexible use units within Use Classes E(g)(i, ii and iii) - Commercial, Business and Service and B8, together with associated access alterations, drainage, parking, and hard/soft landscape works). to include variation of conditions 5 (Bike Storage), 8 (Drainage), 19 (Off-site highway works) and 21 (Visibility splays) to allow for design changes to the approved layout and elevations.

Received
10 March 2025
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Gordano Valley
Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 326 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Elm Tree Farm Sheepway Portbury BS20 7TF. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 326 days, 39 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Gordano Valley. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the BS20 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
BS20 7TF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Portbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2025
Target decision date
9 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
Agent address
41A High Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 1AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
186 days

Additional information

Documents
33

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.

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. 2025
    10 Mar

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 23/P/1900/FUL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/P/0496/FUL
  2. 2023
    1 Sep

    Replacement (demolition) of existing commercial and storage buildings with 2no. new buildings to provide new…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of23/P/1900/FUL

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