Vauxhall Bridge Cliftonwood Spike Island Bristol BS1 6TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/14103/LB - Listed Building Application Pending consideration

Proposal

The project is to refurbish the Vauxhall Bridge. The initial part of the project is to remove the existing slabs and install a lightweight scaffold to allow the designers access to the bridge to inspect the structural stability, to determine the full scope of works. The general scope of works is to replace any damaged / unsuitable steel work, shot blasting of steel works, repainting of steelwork, addressing any stonework and replacing of the walkway. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Nov 2026, 19:15

Application progress

✓

Received

30 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

15 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Dec 2026 and 17 Dec 2026, from Bristol's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 2 Dec 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 107

Statements & assessments 14

Plans & drawings 91

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 12

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

City Docks conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Article 4 direction

Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Local nature reserve about 49 m away: Avon New Cut

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Air quality management area: Bristol AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Public footpath about 25 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Vauxhall Bridge, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

National infrastructure project about 974 m away: Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1

The site is about 974 m from the project boundary. Railway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area; Tree preservation order about 17 m away: 26 Meredith Court Canada Way Bristol BS1 6XX; Inside the Bristol built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Bristol
Application type: Listed Building Application
Postcode: BS1 6TT
Received: 30 Sept 2026
Validated: 15 Oct 2026
Ward: Southville
Parish: Greater Bedminster Community Partnership
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Bristol usually decides commercial and major works by day 60.

prediction

Day 2931 days to the predicted decision (day 60)

44%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Bristol in the last twelve months, from validation. Bristol decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14893481
Planning Portal ref: PP-14893481
Comments by: 2 Dec 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Dec 2026

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Average

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Other decisions

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Bristol decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #190 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #149 of 296

71%

Decided in 8 weeks

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Extended time limit

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Major dwellings approved

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Change of use approved

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Vauxhall Bridge Cliftonwood Spike Island Bristol BS1 6TT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 107

Statements & assessments 14

Plans & drawings 91

Application forms 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 12

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