2 Wapley Rank Besom Lane Westerleigh South Gloucestershire BS37 8RP Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01017/PNH - Prior Notification Householder Approved

Proposal

The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.7m. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

Application progress

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Received

27 Apr 2026

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Validated

7 May 2026

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Approved

4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Bath and Bristol

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Traditional orchards

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Local nature reserve about 240 m away: Wapley Bushes

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £410,000 in October 2025. Terraced house, freehold.

24 October 2025£410,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area84 m² (904 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (47 out of 100), could reach A

PropertyMid-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2016, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Prior Notification Householder
Postcode: BS37 8RP
Received: 27 Apr 2026
Validated: 7 May 2026
Ward: Boyd Valley
Parish: Dodington Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Jun 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 4 Jun 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 24 days faster than South Gloucestershire's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.

This one28d

Council52d

UK55d

71%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

684decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Gloucestershire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Gloucestershire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 4 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Sewerage Treatment Works At Wapley Rank Besom Lane Westerleigh South Gloucestershire BS37 8RP

Removal of existing sewerage treatment works, instalation of replacement sewerage treatme…

P21/05405/F 16 Sep 2021

2020 Refused

Land Off Besom Lane Westerleigh South Gloucestershire

Prior notification of a change of use from 1 No. agricultural building to 1 No. residenti…

P20/13498/PNGR 22 Sep 2020

South Gloucestershire

Planning Authority Score

2.8/10

Poor

#239 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

South Gloucestershire ranks #178 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. South Gloucestershire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 83% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

South Gloucestershire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

85%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #210 of 296

83%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #263 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #178 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #195 of 296

75%

Minor dwellings approved

220 decided (1-9 homes)

93%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

84%

Change of use approved

105 decided

1,585

Total decisions

245 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.