8 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/0871/FUL - Full Application Approved
Change of useExtensions & alterationsNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing Class E property to form 1no. self-contained flat including alterations to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Apr 2026
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Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION (FUL) APPROVE Decision Notice · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF NORTH SOMERSET OFFICER REPORT Delegated Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 6

PDF PROPERTY FLOOD RESILIENCE - SUPPORTING STATEMENT Consultation Reply · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE OFFICER COMMENTS Consultation Reply · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EA DEFENCE MAP AND DATA Flood risk assessment · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRODUCT 4 LEVELS FROM EA Flood risk assessment · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMPOSITE FLOOD DOOR DATA SHEET Flood risk assessment · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL CHECKLIST Ecological report · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Notices · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF LLFA COMMENTS Consultation Reply · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY COMMENTS Consultation Reply · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF PRESS ADVERT LIST FOR 14/05/26 Press Advert · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PRESS ADVERT LIST FOR 14/05/26 Press Advert · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINED STATEMENTS Report · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO SHOWING BIN LOCATION Application Photo · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Melrose/Grove Park conservation area
Also Weston-super-Mare. 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.
2 Article 4 directions
Weston-super-Mare (Melrose/Grove Park) Conservation area (1) · 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.
Special area of conservation 94 m away: Severn Estuary
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 95 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.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Nos 5 to 15 and Front Gate Piers and Boundary Walls, Grade II, 51 m away · 3 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 3 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Weston-super-Mare built-up area.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Council
North Somerset
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BS23 2DT
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Parish
Weston-super-Mare
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Graham Moir Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 139 days from validation, 83 days slower than North Somerset's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

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

1comment received
1 supporting

89 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
10 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Proposed change of use of existing Class E property (former hair salon) to a Launderette…
24/P/1829/FUL
2024 Approved
Advertisement consent for 3no. non illuminated external fascia signs.
24/P/1830/ADV
2020 Refused
Change of use of Hairdressing Salon (A1) to 1 bedroom flat residential accommodation.
20/P/1307/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
26 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Conversion of the existing guesthouse to a large HMO (8-bed House of Multiple Occupation)
24/P/2156/FUL
2023 Approved
26 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Proposed change of use and conversion of existing 10-bed guesthouse (C1) to 4no. flats (C…
23/P/2552/FUL
2023 Approved
32 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Conversion of existing guesthouse into 4no. flats
23/P/0237/FUL
2022 Approved
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Replacement of curtain walling over stairwell and landing lobbies to North elevation
22/P/2957/FUL
2022 Decided
34 Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2BD
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2021 Refused
50A Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BE
Display of illuminated front signage board above new canopy
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2021 Approved
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21/P/3161/FUH
2021 Approved
Sarnia Guest House 28 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Change of use from a guesthouse (C1) to a dwellinghouse (C3a)
21/P/3038/FUL
2021 Approved
50A Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BE
Removal of existing conservatory frame work and replace with a modern retractable canopy…
21/P/0761/FUL
2021 Approved
Putting Green Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BE
G1 - 3x Eucalyptus - prune away from buildings to create a 2m clearance
21/P/0167/TRCA
2020 Approved
41 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Proposed replacement of UPVc bay window shop frontage with pre-cast stone bay to match th…
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2020 Approved
34 Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BD
T1 & T2 - Crown thin by up to 20% and Crown lift to 3.5m above ground level.
20/P/0277/TRCA
2019 Approved
Crazy Hills Putting Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BD
T1 Eucalyptus - fell; G1 3 x Eucalyptus - reduce over putting greens by 1.5m; G2 Leyland…
19/P/0349/TRCA
2018 Refused
42 Upper Church Road Weston-super-mare North Somerset BS23 2DX
Application for removal or variation of condition Nos. 2 and 8 on application 16/P/1866/F…
18/P/2693/FUL
2017 Approved
17 Greenfield Place Weston-super-mare North Somerset BS23 2BB
Replacement of existing windows with double glazed windows of a similar appearance, two n…
18/P/5423/FUH
2017 Approved
19 Greenfield Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BB
Proposed conversion of outbuildings, 3no. flats, garages and shop into 4no. dwellings fol…
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2017 Approved
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Erection of 5 storey residential building providing 24 no. apartments with associated car…
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2017 Approved
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Proposed change of use from hotel (C1) into 8no. holiday flats on upper floors and restau…
17/P/1628/F
2017 Approved
34 Upper Church Road Weston-Super-Mare BS23 2DX
Change of use from Hotel (C1) to a residential single dwelling (C3)
17/P/0323/F
2016 Approved
Raglan Arms 42 Upper Church Road Weston-Super-Mare BS23 2DX
Conversion of public house into 5no. flats; works to include rear extension to first floor
16/P/1866/F
2016 Withdrawn
42 Upper Church Road Weston-Super-Mare BS23 2DX
Rear extension to apartment No. 2 Ground floor flat
16/P/0861/F
2025 Approved
26 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Request to discharge condition numbers 3 (Bicycle Parking), 4 (Refuse and Recycling Stora…
25/P/0213/AOC
2018 Approved
The Former Bayside Hotel Manilla Crescent Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BJ
Erection of 5 storey residential building providing 24 no. apartments with associated car…
18/P/3273/RDC
2018 Approved
19 Greenfield Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BB
Variation of condition 2 on 17/P/2654/F (Proposed conversion of outbuildings, 3no. flats…
18/P/4219/MMA
2018 Approved
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North Somerset
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#83 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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