Ground Floor Flat 50 Alma Vale Road Bristol BS8 2HS Data via plota.co.uk

26/11424/CP - Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed Approved

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development - Change of use to single dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2026
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Validated
6 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Whiteladies Road 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1265 m away: Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1; Inside the Bristol built-up area.
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 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
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Postcode
BS8 2HS
Received
31 Mar 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
Clifton Down
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside
Target decision
1 Jul 2026
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness BE ISSUED
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Alder King Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 22 days faster than Bristol's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
228decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14826599
Planning Portal ref
PP-14826599
Statutory expiry
1 Jul 2026
Bristol
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#109 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Bristol ranks #112 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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
Above avg (63%) #112 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #118 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
374 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
30 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
150 decided
2,098
Total decisions
293 refused in the year to March 2026