186 Downend Road Downend South Gloucestershire BS16 5EB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of 1no. rear dormer, and 3no. front roof lights to facilitate change of use from a dwellinghouse used by a single person or household (Class C3a) to a large house in multiple occupation (HMO) for 7no. people (Sui Generis) as defined in the Town and Country Planning (use class order) 1987 (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Circulated Schedule · Last checked 19 Sept 2026
Documents 19
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 10
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 5
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £326,000 in April 2026. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Application type
- House of Multiple Occupation
- Postcode
- BS16 5EB
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Frenchay And Downend
- Parish
- Downend And Bromley Heath Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Circulated Schedule
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 66 days from validation, 4 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 85% of changes of use here are.
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.
21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15072259
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15072259
- Comments by
- 12 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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