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Barn At Hamswell Farm Freezing Hill Lane Cold Ashton South Gloucestershire BA1 9DG

P25/00720/FFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsCirculated Schedule8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Alterations to Barn 5 to facilitate conversion to 1no self-build dwelling (Use Class C3) as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended). Removal of outbuilding, shipping container and feed silo, alterations to ground levels and construction of a retaining wall to facilitate the formation of a parking area and entrance patio.

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Circulated Schedule
Ward
Boyd Valley
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 289 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Barn At Hamswell Farm Freezing Hill Lane Cold Ashton South Gloucestershire BA1 9DG. South Gloucestershire has handled 6,054 applications of this type. This one was decided in 329 days, 39 weeks longer than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Boyd Valley. We hold 2,360 applications in total for the BA1 postcode area.

83% of full applications at South Gloucestershire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA1 9DG
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cold Ashton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2025
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Tollbridge Studios, Tollbridge Road Bath BA1 7DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
288 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13871746
Documents
27
Constraints
60

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: South Gloucestershire
  • Registered battlefield: Battle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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

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© 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
    22 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Ecological Enhancements), 7 (Hard Landscaping) and 8 (Landscaping Planting and…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDOC26/00276
  2. 2025
    21 Mar

    Alterations to Barn 5 to facilitate conversion to 1no self-build dwelling (Use Class C3) as defined in the…

    This applicationApprovedFullP25/00720/F

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