School House St Bartholomews Road Bristol BS7 9BJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/11800/CP - Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed Approved

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development - For the conversion of the existing Caretakers' house into an ancillary office and rooms to be used by the school. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Apr 2026
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Validated
9 Jun 2026
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Approved
15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 378 m away: Narroways Millennium Green; Radon affected area, class 4; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Conservation area about 87 m away: Ashley Down; 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 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
Bristol
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Postcode
BS7 9BJ
Received
28 Apr 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Ashley
Parish
Ashley, Easton And Lawrence Hill
Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness BE ISSUED
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 20 days faster than Bristol's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
230decided 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-14889872
Planning Portal ref
PP-14889872
Statutory expiry
4 Aug 2026
Bristol
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#109 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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