Ground Floor 371 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8NH Data via plota.co.uk

25/P/2664/FUL - Full Application Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Proposed change of use of ground floor hair salon to create a self-contained ground floor flat including alterations to front and rear window and door arrangements. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
23 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
5 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
20 Mar 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
14 Aug 2026

Refused on 20 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

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 ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Weston-super-Mare built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BS22 8NH
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Milton
Parish
Weston-super-Mare
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
20 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 14 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6007349 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Graham Moir Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 18 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

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
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