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Land At Tower Farm Tower Road Portishead

26/P/0300/EA1Request for formal screening opinionDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 24 July 2026

Council decision: EIA not required

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

Proposal

Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether proposed development is EIA development. Residential development of 400no. dwellings, including the provision of community facilities and other associated infrastructure. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

Received
10 February 2026
Public comments
11
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead West
Agent
Ridge and Partners LLP
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Tower Farm Tower Road Portishead. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Portishead West.

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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Application details

Application type
Request for formal screening opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
400
Parish
Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ridge and Partners LLP
Agent address
3rd Floor Regent House 65 Rodney Road Cheltenham GL50 1HX
Applicant company

Parker Strategic Land Limited

Company number 10178352

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
13 May 2016 (10 years old)
Nature of business
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
Registered office
Market Harborough

1 other planning application by this company in North Somerset.

  • 26/P/1618/OUT · North Somerset · Land At Tower Farm Tower Road Portishead
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Jason Mak
Statutory period
38 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.

  • 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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