The Abbey Gloucester Road Grovesend Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 3TR Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01542/HH - Householder Approved

Proposal

Installation of solar panels to existing dwelling and garage roofs and installation of 1.no air source heat pump (ASHP) to south east elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

8 Jul 2026

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Approved

20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 15

Site constraints 4

Scheduled monument: Hillfort and associated Romano-British occupation at Little Abbey, Alveston

Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Green belt: Bath and Bristol

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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

Council: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Householder
Postcode: BS35 3TR
Received: 8 Jul 2026
Validated: 8 Jul 2026
Ward: Thornbury
Parish: Thornbury Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 2 Sept 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 20 Aug 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: View Architects (P)

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 10 days faster than South Gloucestershire's median of 53 for householder applications. Approved, as 92% of householder applications here are.

This one43d

Council53d

UK55d

74%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

283decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15069570
Comments by: 4 Aug 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

2022 Refused

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P22/06838/F 21 Apr 2023

2020 Refused

Land At Vilner Lane Grovesend Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 3HY

Demolition of existing building. Erection of replacement agricultural building.

P20/04174/F 6 Jul 2020

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

The Abbey Gloucester Road Grovesend Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 3TR Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 15

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 5