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26/12492/CP - Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed Refused

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development - Change of use from office with a retained retail area in the front of the building to a retail unit and maisonette. It is still a office functions and an osteopathic clinic. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
14 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
4 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Cotham and Redland conservation area
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.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Cotham and Redland · Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Chandos Road War Memorial, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin · 2 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 1862 m away: Portishead Branch Line - MetroWest Phase 1; Inside the Bristol built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £160,000 in November 1999. Terraced house, freehold.

30 November 1999£160,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Bristol
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Postcode
BS6 6PG
Received
12 Jun 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Cotham
Parish
Bishopston, Cotham And Redland
Target decision
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness be NOT ISSUED
Decision date
4 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 35 days faster than Bristol's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 32% of changes of use here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
228decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bristol in the last twelve months, from validation. Bristol decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15007833
Planning Portal ref
PP-15007833
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026
Bristol
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#109 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Bristol ranks #112 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bristol decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #190 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #149 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #112 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #118 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
374 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
30 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
150 decided
2,098
Total decisions
293 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.