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8 Bridgeleap Road Downend South Gloucestershire BS16 6TE

P26/01535/HHHouseholderApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear/side extension and part conversion of existing garage to form additional living accommodation.

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Emersons Green
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 8 Bridgeleap Road Downend South Gloucestershire BS16 6TE. South Gloucestershire has handled 6,054 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Emersons Green. We hold 1,714 applications in total for the BS16 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
BS16 6TE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Emersons Green Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2026
Consultation expiry
30 July 2026
Consultation end
30 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2026
Last date for comments
30 July 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
100 Westbourne Road Downend Bristol South Gloucestershire BS16 6RD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
45

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.

Source: South Gloucestershire

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