Tobella Farm Lower Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6UU Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/1811/CQA - Prior App Part 3Q agriculture to res Registered

Proposal

Application to determine whether Prior Approval is required for the change of use and conversion of existing agricultural building and land forming the curtilage of the building to 1no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) with associated building operations including re-roofing, re-cladding and the installation of new windows and doors… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from North Somerset's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 2 Oct 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4, surveyed
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. From a field survey (Bristol). The older provisional map had this area as grade 3; the survey is the definitive reading.
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.
Survey report ↗
Public footpath 20 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.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 15 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Prior App Part 3Q agriculture to res
Postcode
BS21 6UU
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Parish
Clevedon
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
MCH Planning Services

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. North Somerset usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
67decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

North Somerset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #96 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Somerset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #137 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #134 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #96 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #88 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
135 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,139
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026