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P25/02100/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in principle for the erection of a minimum of 5 no. dwellings and a maximum of 9no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Oct 2026, 18:45

Application progress

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Received

4 Sept 2025

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Validated

8 Sept 2025

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Consultation

23 Sept 2025

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Approved

2 Dec 2025

Approved on 2 Dec 2025 · DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Gloucestershire Development Management Committee on 27 Nov 2025.

Approved by 7 votes to 2

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

For7

Against2

Objections from residents went against the officer recommendation to approve, leading councillors to refer the case to committee.
A resident said the Green Belt site lacked very special circumstances to justify the harm and risked setting a precedent.
Members voted 7 to 2 to grant permission in principle, favouring a smaller scheme of 5 or 6 homes.

Read how the committee decided The Green Belt objections, the case for a smaller scheme, and the vote to grant it in principle. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of South Gloucestershire's committee minutes of 27 Nov 2025.

Documents 21

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF SGC CONSERVATION OFFICER Consultee Comment · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), 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 2

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

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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.

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Important details

Council: South Gloucestershire
Application type: Permission in Principle
Received: 4 Sept 2025
Validated: 8 Sept 2025
Ward: Severn Vale
Parish: Alveston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Dec 2025
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 2 Dec 2025
Decision level: DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 85 days from validation, 21 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 64 for new homes. Approved, as 78% of new homes here are.

This one85d

Council64d

UK59d

45%decided within 8 weeks

78%approved

167decided in the last year

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

Public comments

7comments received

6 objecting1 neutral

86% object · above the UK average of 74%

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 14 Oct 2025
Site or press notice: 23 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry: 1 Dec 2025
Env. assessment: No

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

Land At Gloucester Road Alveston South Gloucestershire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1