The Stables Chapel Lane Old Sodbury BS37 6NG Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01987/F - Full Planning Refused

Proposal

Change of use of land from paddock/equestrian to residential amenity space (Class C3). Erection of a single storey side extension to form additional living accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:20

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Sept 2026

✗

Refused

23 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 23 Oct 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 10

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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Cotswolds National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Public footpath about 7 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Cotswold Way about 16 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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

National infrastructure project about 1156 m away: Lime Down Solar Project; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Old Sodbury built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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 Planning Inspectorate, 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: BS37 6NG
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Ward: Chipping Sodbury And Cotswold Edge
Parish: Sodbury Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Oct 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Fully Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sycha Development Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 9 days faster than South Gloucestershire's median of 61 for changes of use. Refused, as 15% of changes of use here are.

This one52d

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.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14968238
Planning Portal ref: PP-14968238
Comments by: 1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 27 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

29 Chapel Lane Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6NQ

Erection of front, side and rear extensions to form additional living accommodation. Rais…

P25/02372/HH 7 Jan 2026

2025

42 Chapel Lane Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6NG

Raising of existing roofline to facilitate loft conversion and erection of two storey sid…

P25/02386/HH 15 Oct 2025

2025 Refused

42 Chapel Lane Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6NG

Raising of roofline to facilitate erection of two storey side extension and second floor…

P25/00335/HH 7 Apr 2025

2021 Approved

44 Chapel Lane Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6NG

Erection of detached garage.

P21/00036/F 30 Mar 2021

2020 Approved

31 Chapel Lane Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire BS37 6NQ

Erection of a storey side extension and single storey rear extension with balcony above…

P20/17443/F 2 Dec 2020

2018 Approved

The Lars Chapel Lane Old Sodbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS37 6SJ

Erection of single storey side and rear extension to form additional living accommodation…

PK18/1005/F 26 Apr 2018

2017 Approved

Beech Tops Chapel Lane Old Sodbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS37 6SJ

Amendment to previously approved scheme PK17/4583/F to include porch extension.

PK17/5727/F 14 Feb 2018

2017 Approved

Beech Tops Chapel Lane Old Sodbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS37 6SJ

Amendment to previously approved scheme PK16/4199/F to reduce the two storey rear extensi…

PK17/4583/F 27 Nov 2017

2017 Refused

Beech Tops Chapel Lane Old Sodbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS37 6SJ

Non-material amendement to planning permission PK16/4199/F to enlarge the ground floor ki…

PK17/4207/NMA 22 Sep 2017

2016 Approved

Beech Tops Chapel Lane Old Sodbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS37 6SJ

Erection of single storey and two storey rear extensions and first floor side extensions…

PK16/4199/F 12 Aug 2016

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

The Stables Chapel Lane Old Sodbury BS37 6NG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1

Site constraints 10

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