Westholm Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA

26/P/0623/FUHFull permission - HouseholdersApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Approve3 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed erection of a single storey front extension to connect the existing lower ground floor office and garage to provide self-contained guest accommodation.

Received: 19 March 2026
Council: North Somerset
Ward: Portishead North
Agent: Tom Schular Architect

ReceivedReceived19 Mar
ValidatedValidated19 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided30 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at Westholm Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Portishead North. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the BS20 postcode area.

90% of full 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

Postcode: BS20 7JA
Application type: Full permission - Householders
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 March 2026
Target decision date: 14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Tom Schular Architect
Agent address: 99 Salisbury Road Downend Bristol BS16 5RJ

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 23

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Somerset

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