Honey Mead Cottage Golden Valley Lane Bitton South Gloucestershire BS30 6NS Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01500/F - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Change of use from holiday let to 1no. dwelling (Class C3) as defined in the Town and Country Planning (use class order) 1987. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 21 Sept 2026, 10:15

Application progress

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Received

1 Jul 2026

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Validated

21 Jul 2026

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Consultation

31 Jul 2026

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Approved

21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 21 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 8

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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.

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 ↗

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Bridge Over River Boyd and Gate Piers at East End, to South of the Old Mill, Grade II, about 49 m from the postcode pin · 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

49 mBridge Over River Boyd and Gate Piers at East End, to South of the Old MillGrade II
100 mThe Old Mill and Attached Mill BuildingGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area; National landscape about 451 m away: Cotswolds; Flood defence about 42 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat about 46 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

Council: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Full Planning
Postcode: BS30 6NS
Received: 1 Jul 2026
Validated: 21 Jul 2026
Ward: Bitton And Oldland Common
Parish: Bitton Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Sept 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 21 Sept 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: David James (Wotton)

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, about the council's usual 61 days. Approved, as 85% of changes of use here are.

This one62d

Council61d

UK56d

47%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

108decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15046888
Planning Portal ref: PP-15046888
Comments by: 21 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 31 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 23 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

South Gloucestershire

Planning Authority Score

2.8/10

Poor

#239 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Honey Mead Cottage Golden Valley Lane Bitton South Gloucestershire BS30 6NS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2