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Grand Central Hotel 1 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS

25/P/0511/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 June 2026

Council decision: Approve with legal agreement10 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of first, second and third floors to form 3no. 3-bed HMOs and 2no. 5-bed HMOs (Use Class C4). Works to include; formation of internal stairway and expansion of existing connecting stairway, Replacement of all existing windows with new, installation of 3no. new first floor windows, replacement of 1no. first floor door with a window and block-up of second floor external door.

Received
11 March 2025
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 447 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Grand Central Hotel 1 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 471 days, 59 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Weston-super-Mare Central. 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 1AS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2025
Target decision date
3 July 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Neil Underhay
Statutory period
90 days

Additional information

Documents
30

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: Beach Lawns+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Source: North Somerset

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