34 Lower Ashley Road St Pauls Bristol BS2 9NP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 20 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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
- Prior Notification - Change of use (C3)
- Postcode
- BS2 9NP
- Received
- 2 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Ashley
- Parish
- Ashley, Easton And Lawrence Hill
- Target decision
- 28 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval REFUSED
- Decision date
- 20 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- David Cahill Design Consultants Ltd
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, 8 days faster than Bristol's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 32% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bristol in the last twelve months, from validation. Bristol decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 21 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15185717
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15185717
- Comments by
- 7 Oct 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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