Land Northwest Of Nibley Road Bird Farm Nibley Lane Yate BS37 5JG Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01436/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in principle for the erection of a minimum of 1no. and maximum of 9no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jun 2026
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Validated
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Circulated Schedule · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 24

Decision & officer reports 1

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Flood defence about 6 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Yate built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 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.

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Important details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
BS37 5JG
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Frampton Cotterell
Parish
Westerleigh And Coalpit Heath Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Circulated Schedule
Applicant
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Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, 4 days slower than South Gloucestershire's median of 61 for new homes. Approved, as 77% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
133decided 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

4comments received
1 objecting3 neutral

25% object · below the UK average of 74%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2026
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