Bath Road Hand Car Wash , Bath New Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00932/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Enclosure of tyre fitting and carwash area (Revised Scheme). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
11 Mar 2026
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Approved
10 Jul 2026

Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Bath Planning Committee on 8 Jul 2026.

Approved

Against officer advice: officers had recommended refusal.

  • Officers advised refusal because the enclosure would harm the conservation area, landscape setting and important views, and its benefits would not outweigh that harm.
  • The town council supported the scheme, while two third parties objected over existing impacts, noise, environmental effects and further development.
  • The committee permitted the revised enclosure subject to conditions on timing, approved plans and samples of walling and roller-shutter materials.
Read how the committee decided The proposed enclosure, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee decision and permission conditions. Includes the meeting recording, from 1:46:41 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Bath's committee minutes of 8 Jul 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

Radstock 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 ↗
Public footpath about 24 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 6
An estimated 30% or more 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 ↗
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Radstock built-up area; Flood defence about 44 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Open access land about 25 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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 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
Bath
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BA3 3AF
Received
11 Mar 2026
Validated
11 Mar 2026
Ward
Radstock
Parish
Radstock
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Jul 2026
Decision
PERMIT
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Matthew Bissex - Chaps Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 66 days slower than Bath's median of 55 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 90% of commercial and major works here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
44decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14771393
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #17 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #26 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #236 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #199 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
172 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,817
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026