Tree Tops Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/0324/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from a holiday let to form 1no. dwellinghouse. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Sept 2026, 03:03

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Application progress

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Received

12 Feb 2026

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Validated

19 Feb 2026

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Approved

14 Apr 2026

Approved on 14 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 6

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.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

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

Tree preservation order 6 m away: Downside Plantation, Backwell; Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Downside 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 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

Council: North Somerset
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: BS48 3DJ
Received: 12 Feb 2026
Validated: 19 Feb 2026
Ward: Wrington
Parish: Wrington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Apr 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 14 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

This one54d

Council56d

UK56d

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

2comments received

1 neutral1 supporting

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 16 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

Tall Pines Golf And Leisure Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing and continued use of land as airport parking…

25/P/1368/LDE 4 Jul 2025

2020 Approved

Tall Pines Golf And Leisure Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ

Certificate of lawful development for the existing mixed use of a golf club, guest accomm…

20/P/1003/LDE 12 Aug 2020

2019 Approved

Whispering Pines Cooks Bridle Path Backwell Bristol BS48 3DJ

The replacement of an existing conservatory and extension with a larger solid, single-sto…

19/P/0869/FUH 4 Jun 2019

2017 Approved

Land Between Tall Pines Golf Course And Whispering Pines Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ

The existing use of the land as a mixed agricultural use and open storage including carav…

17/P/5487/LDE 9 Apr 2018

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