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Agricultural Building Off Iwood Lane Congresbury

26/P/0381/CRAPrior App Part 3R agric to flexible useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: Prior approval - required and grant

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the change of use of an agricultural building and its curtilage to recreational use

Received
23 February 2026
Public comments
2
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Congresbury And Puxton
Agent
I S Ford Planning Ltd
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 170 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building Off Iwood Lane Congresbury. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Congresbury And Puxton.

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
Prior App Part 3R agric to flexible use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Congresbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
I S Ford Planning Ltd
Agent address
Sutton Farm Sutton Lane Butcombe Bristol BS40 7XQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Manley

Additional information

Documents
6

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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