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71 Birchwood Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 3JG

26/P/1021/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 July 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from a Use Class C3(a) dwellinghouse to a Use Class C2 children's home including the conversion of garage to staff room

Received
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Milton
Agent
Chandran Hughes Architects
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 71 Birchwood Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 3JG. North Somerset has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Weston-super-Mare Milton. We hold 2,072 applications in total for the BS23 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
BS23 3JG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chandran Hughes Architects
Architect profile
CHANDRAN HUGHES ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
16 Ardwell Avenue Ilford IG6 1AW

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 3: High 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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