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8 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT

26/P/0871/FULCert of Appropriate Alternative Devt.Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Approve4 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing Class E property to form 1no. self-contained flat including alterations to fenestration.

Received
24 April 2026
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Agent
Graham Moir Associates Ltd
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 8 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Weston conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Weston-super-Mare Hillside. We hold 2,070 applications in total for the BS23 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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Application details

Postcode
BS23 2DT
Application type
Cert of Appropriate Alternative Devt.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Graham Moir Associates Ltd
Architect profile
GRAHAM MOIR ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
The Hive Business Centre 6 Beaufighter Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 8EE

Planning decision

Case officer
Annika Lepoittevin

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
23

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Melrose/Grove Park+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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