Land At Damson House 139 Down Road Winterbourne Down South Gloucestershire BS36 1DF Data via plota.co.uk

P26/00179/F - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Erection of 1 no. self-build dwelling with garage and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jan 2026
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Legal Agreement Signed · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Documents 29

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Public footpath about 24 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.
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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 249 m away: Huckford Quarry
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
SSSI about 331 m away: Winterbourne Railway Cutting SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne built-up area; Green belt about 22 m away: Bath and Bristol; Priority habitat about 39 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
BS36 1DF
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Ward
Winterbourne
Parish
Winterbourne Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Legal Agreement Signed
Applicant
Show
Agent
Brian Griffin P And CC Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 217 days from validation, 156 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 61 for new homes. Approved, as 77% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
133decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14602556
Planning Portal ref
PP-14602556
Comments by
7 May 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
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