47 - 49 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HD Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/1505/FUL - Full Application Registered
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed partial renovation of the first and second floors of existing commercial area to form 9no. apartments. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
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Validated
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Nov 2026, from North Somerset's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026

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Documents 10

Statements & assessments 8

PDF NOISE ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ENERGY STATEMENT Energy Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ACCESSIBLE HOUSING STATEMENT Report · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and access statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT_1 OF 2 Flood risk assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT_2 OF 2 Flood risk assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Ecological report · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Notices · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Weston-super-Mare conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Article 4 direction
Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: WH Smith, 44 High Street, Grade II, 16 m away · 2 Grade II
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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation 201 m away: Severn Estuary (England)
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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 ↗
SSSI 202 m away: Spring Cove Cliffs SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Inside the Weston-super-Mare 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. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Building

Floor area5,148 m² (55,413 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 68)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingHeating and Mechanical Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
North Somerset
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BS23 1HD
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Sept 2026
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Parish
Weston-super-Mare
Target decision
9 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
DPS Architecture Ltd.
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. North Somerset usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
91decided 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.

94 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused
Change of use from vacant retail unit (Use Class E), with external works for a Family Ent…
24/P/1485/FUL
2024 Refused
Installation of new shopfronts to High Street and Regent Street frontages
24/P/1486/FUL
2024 Refused
Installation of internally illuminated fascia signage and projecting signs to High Street…
24/P/1483/ADV
2016 Approved
Display of 3 No. illuminated fascia signs, 2 No. illuminated projecting bus stop signs an…
16/P/0408/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
7 - 9 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Creation of a shop front to 7 Meadow Street, with new stairs to access the floors above…
25/P/0832/FUL
2025
44 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Advertisement consent for the installation of 1no. fascia sign and 1no. hanging sign to f…
25/P/1270/ADV
2025
17 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Alterations to shop front
25/P/1075/FUL
2024
31-33 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HD
Proposed change of use and conversion of the first floor (Class E) and second floor (Sui…
24/P/2688/FUL
2024 Refused
31- 33 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HD
Conversion of disused cafe (Use Class E) at first floor and nightclub (Sui Generis Use) a…
24/P/0998/FUL
2024 Approved
42 - 44 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Advertisement consent for the placement of 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign to the front…
24/P/1713/ADV
2024 Refused
17 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Installation of 1no. internally illuminated box fascia sign and 1no. internally illuminat…
24/P/0261/ADV
2024 Refused
17 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Retrospective application for the installation of a new shop frontage
24/P/0260/FUL
2023 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Proposed 'Like for Like' restoration of existing stone facade including; Replacement cill…
23/P/1411/LBC
2023 Approved
First Floor (part) & Second Floor 48 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Conversion of first floor (part) and second floor from storage use to 2no. residential fl…
23/P/1202/FUL
2023 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Listed building consent for the removal of 1no. external ATM (1) and signage above, repla…
23/P/1022/LBC
2023 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Advert consent for the removal of 1no. external ATM signage and replacement of 1no. exter…
23/P/1025/ADV
2023 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Proposed removal of 1no. external ATM and signage above, replacement of 1no. external ATM…
23/P/1024/FUL
2023 Approved
11 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Conversion of upper floors to 1no. three bedroom dwelling and replacement of existing win…
23/P/0588/FUL
2022 Approved
47 - 49 High Street (Former M&S Store) Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HD
Change of use from vacant retail unit (Use Class E) to a Drinking Establishment (Sui Gene…
22/P/2962/FUL
2022 Approved
48 High Street (Former Treds Shoe Shop) Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Change of use from retail (E(a) use) to cafe (E(b) use) plus associated external (to rear…
22/P/1129/FUL
2021 Approved
83 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HE
Change of use of first and second floors from ancillary accommodation to ground floor hai…
21/P/0237/FUL
2021 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1JE
Listed Building Consent for additional decoration to internal walls.
21/P/2557/LBC
2021 Approved
30 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Formation of timber stud partition wall to counter front. Decoration to wall and new carp…
21/P/1398/LBC
2021 Approved
58-60 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Advertising consent for I No. non illuminated fascia and 1 No non illuminated projecting…
21/P/1050/ADV
2016 Approved
30 High Street Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1JE
Application for consent to display 3no. fascia signs (illuminated by existing down lights…
16/P/2299/ADV
2016 Approved
30 High Street Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1JE
Listed building consent to display 3no. fascia signs (illuminated by existing down lights…
16/P/2300/LB
2016 Approved
The Regent 13 Regent Street Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1SF
Application for consent to display 1 No. illuminated projecting sign
16/P/1592/ADV
2016 Approved
12 - 16 Regent Street Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1SQ
Display of 1No. illuminated fascia sign, 1No. non illuminated fascia sign, 1No. illuminat…
16/P/0493/ADV
2016 Withdrawn
12 - 16 Regent Street Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1SQ
Removal of Existing Timber Fascia panels above Shop Front & Re-decoration of Existing Sho…
TEMP/16/0250
North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: 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.