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50 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2EE

25/P/1501/FULApproved

Approved on 9 January 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor restaurant (use class E) to two bedroom flat (use class C3). Alterations to front elevation to remove existing canopy and insert new windows and doors. Creation of window wells to side elevation

Received
23 July 2025
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 158 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 50 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2EE. North Somerset has handled 17,045 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
BS23 2EE
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Annika Lepoittevin

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birnbeck+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare+1 more
  • 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.

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