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First Floor, 1 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP

26/P/0087/CM2APrior App Part 3MA Class E to ResRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Prior approval - required and refuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for the change of use of existing Class E (commercial, business and service) to 1no. dwelling (Use Class C3)

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Nailsea Yeo
Agent
NW Architects
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor, 1 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Nailsea Yeo. We hold 2,555 applications in total for the BS48 postcode area.

73% of outline 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. Inadequate information has been submitted to demonstrate that the development will not give rise to significant adverse noise impacts for intended occupiers, or that such impacts could be satisfactorily mitigated. In particular, the proximity of the proposed dwellings to existing commercial units raises potential noise concerns, including from deliveries and general commercial activity. In the absence of details to the contrary, it is considered that the development would not satisfy condition MA.2(2)(d) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. Inadequate information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development would provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses. In the absence of details to demonstrate otherwise, the development would result in poor living conditions for future occupiers. As such, the proposal would not satisfy condition MA.2(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BS48 1RP
Application type
Prior App Part 3MA Class E to Res
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nailsea

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NW Architects
Architect profile
NW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
27 York Place Leeds LS1 2EY

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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