Dolemoor Cottage Dolemoor Lane Congresbury BS49 5ED Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/1797/FUL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Retrospective application for the use of Dolemoor Cottage as a dwellinghouse and use of associated land for residential purposes. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:08

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

18 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 13 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Nov 2026, from North Somerset's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 23 Oct 2026.

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING, HERITAGE, FLOODING AND ENERGY STATEMENTS Planning Statement · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Notices · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project 176 m away: Hinkley Point C Connection

The site is 176 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change (at pre-application, 53 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Restorable Habitat

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

Also on the record

SSSI 452 m away: Puxton Moor SSSI; Priority habitat 10 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.

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 Planning Inspectorate 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.

Building

Floor area183 m² (1,970 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (67 out of 100), could reach C

PropertySemi-detached bungalow

Built2016

HeatingBoiler& underfloor, oil

WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.23 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: North Somerset
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: BS49 5ED
Received: 2 Sept 2026
Validated: 18 Sept 2026
Ward: Congresbury And Puxton
Parish: Congresbury
Target decision: 13 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hemborough Planning Consultancy

Decision outlook

Day 40 of the 56-day target. North Somerset usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 4016 days to the 56-day target

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

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 23 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Somerset

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#83 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

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.