The Cottage Bath Road Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6RJ Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01789/F - Full Planning Awaiting decision

Proposal

Widening of vehicular access onto classified road (Class A) and widening of driveway. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:42

Application progress

✓

Received

7 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

14 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 15 Oct 2026; it is now day 56.

Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 6

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Plough Farmhouse, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Cotswolds National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

National infrastructure project about 313 m away: Lime Down Solar Project

The site is about 313 m from the project boundary. Generating station, under examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

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 ↗

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: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Full Planning
Postcode: BS37 6RJ
Received: 7 Aug 2026
Validated: 14 Aug 2026
Ward: Chipping Sodbury And Cotswold Edge
Parish: Sodbury Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: My Village Architect

Decision outlook

Day 56, past South Gloucestershire's usual 52 days for extensions. 90% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 13 Nov 2026.

predicted

Day 567 days to the predicted decision (day 63)

71%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

684decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15019607
Planning Portal ref: PP-15019607
Comments by: 15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Woodcock Farm Tetbury Road Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6RJ

Discharge of conditions 2 (restrict construction), 3 (bat method statement) and 4 (archae…

DOC18/0115 2 May 2018

2018

Woodcock Farm Tetbury Road Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6RJ

Discharge of conditions 2 (restrict construction), 3 (bat method statement) and 4 (archae…

DOC18/0114 12 Mar 2018

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