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5 Manor Close Portishead BS20 8NX

26/P/0847/S73Section 73 - vary/remove conditionsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) attached to permission 25/P/0898/FUH (Proposed replacement of 3no. windows with new to the first floor and replacement of 1no. window and door with 1no. new window to the ground floor North elevation.) to allow for minor dimensional and proportional differences to the first floor rear windows.

Received
20 April 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead West
Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 5 Manor Close Portishead BS20 8NX. North Somerset has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

97% of conditions 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 proposed variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to regularise the as-built windows would result in increased overlooking and an unacceptable loss of privacy to the adjoining occupiers due to the lower height (from finished floor level) of the clear glazed portions of the windows. The proposal would materially alter the relationship previously assessed and considered acceptable under application 25/P/0898/FUH and would cause unacceptable harm to residential amenity. The proposal is therefore contrary to policy DM32 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan Part 1 and guidance in the North Somerset Residential Design Guide SPD (Part 1).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BS20 8NX
Application type
Section 73 - vary/remove conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
Agent address
41A High Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 1AS

Planning decision

Case officer
Molly Willmot

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Oct

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to permission 25/P/0898/FUH

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/P/2134/S73
  2. 2026
    20 Apr

    Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) attached to permission 25/P/0898/FUH

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)26/P/0847/S73
  3. 2025
    29 Apr

    Proposed replacement of 3no. windows with new to the first floor and replacement of 1no. window and door with…

    ApprovedHouseholderPart of25/P/0898/FUH

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