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95 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH

25/P/0698/FUHFull permission - HouseholdersApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 August 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed first floor extension to the front elevation including the formation of 3no. dormers. Creation of a canopy front porch, installation of 3no rooflights and replacement of existing roof-tiling with new interlocking clay pantiles. Landscaping alterations (including removal of the non-native boundary hedge and some non-native trees (as marked on the plans), with proposed new native planting) alongside the replacement of existing boundary fencing with new (as shown on plans), and fenestration alterations; including the replacement of 9no. total windows with new, replacement of 1no. rear window with French doors and replacement of 1no. rear door with new.

Received
31 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Backwell
Agent
Dexter Building Design Ltd
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 95 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Backell West Town conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Backwell. We hold 2,557 applications in total for the BS48 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
BS48 3BH
Application type
Full permission - Householders
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Backwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2025
Target decision date
7 August 2025
Decision issued
5 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dexter Building Design Ltd
Architect profile
DEXTER BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 5 Victoria Grove Bedminster BS3 4AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Additional information

Documents
22

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: Backwell West Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: West Town HouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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