Hilltop Garage High Street Kingswood South Gloucestershire BS15 4AJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Erection of 4no fixed canopies, extension of rear boundary fencing, cycle parking, refuse storage and drainage works to facilitate a change of use of land to a car wash facility (Sui Generis) as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended). (re-submission of ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Apr 2026
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Approved
14 Aug 2026

Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Circulated Schedule · Last checked 15 Aug 2026

Documents 57

Consultation & comments 37

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All documents on the council site ↗

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Site constraints 4

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Public footpath about 22 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.
Also on the record
Inside the Kingswood and Fishponds built-up area; Air quality management area about 2 m away: Kingswood - Warmley AQMA.
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 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

Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
BS15 4AJ
Received
16 Apr 2026
Validated
16 Apr 2026
Ward
Kingswood
Parish
Kingswood Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Decision level
Circulated Schedule
Applicant
Show
Agent
AFGUK Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 120 days from validation, 58 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 85% of changes of use here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
105decided in the last year

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

Public comments

31comments received
12 objecting2 neutral17 supporting

55% support · above the UK average of 16%

86 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14860800
Planning Portal ref
PP-14860800
Comments by
14 May 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Gloucestershire
Planning Authority Score
2.8/10
Poor
#239 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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