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National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EJ

25/P/2378/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 3 February 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for the proposed installation of solar panels to the south facing pitched roof of the building.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead West
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EJ. North Somerset has handled 471 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Portishead West. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the BS20 postcode area.

91% of heritage applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The siting of the proposed solar pv panels by reason of their location on the southern roof slope, extent of coverage of the roof slope, and design will not preserve the character, special architectural or historic interest of the Listed Building, contrary to policy CS5 of the North Somerset Core Strategy, policy DM4 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan (Part 1),section 16 of the NPPF and section 66 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (as amended)
  2. The submitted plans and supporting documents do not describe the significance of the heritage asset, do not provide sufficient information for the Local Planning Authority to understand the potential impact of the proposal on this significance, and do not provide clear and convincing justification for the harm to the significance of the heritage asset which the proposed development will cause, contrary to policy CS5 of the North Somerset Core Strategy, policies DM4 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan (Part 1) and section 16 of the NPPF, in particular paragraph 207 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BS20 8EJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Portishead Nautical National SchoolOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Nov

    Proposed installation of solar panels to the south facing pitched roof of the building.

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/P/2377/FUL
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Listed building consent for the proposed installation of solar panels to the south facing pitched roof of the…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent25/P/2378/LBC

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