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Bristol-area housing files logged as planning inspectorate posts performance and interests records

Recent planning entries show homes proposed by different local routes while national planning bodies list ministerial-measures statistics and board-member interest disclosures.

Two Bristol-area planning entries point to added housing through different routes: North Somerset Council's weekly list logs a screening-opinion request for Monaghan Mushrooms Farm in Langford, covering demolition and site clearance plus up to 120 dwellinghouses, employment, nursery and cafe space in Phase 1 and up to 50 dwellinghouses in Phase 2, while marking that this is not itself a planning application [1]. Bristol City Council's list records a separate prior-approval check for Westrym House, Waters Lane, to see whether changing from Commercial, Business and Service use to Dwellinghouses needs approval [2]. The Planning Inspectorate has also listed duplicated announcements for experimental ministerial-measures statistics dated 20 May 2027 and 19 August 2027 [3][4][5][6], plus a register of Planning Inspectorate board-member interests [7].

Sources

  1. North Somerset Council planning weekly list: Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether proposed development is EIA development. Works proposed; Phase 1: Section 73 application to vary the approved outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for demolition of existing buildings and site clearance (including vegetation removal) to allow mixed use development comprising up to: 120 dwellinghouses (Class C3); 1400 sq.m of new flexible employment floorspace (Class E(g), B2 and/or B8); 830 sq.m of new employment floorspace associated with existing mushroom farm operation (casing, machinery and packing stores) (Class B2/B8); 420 sq.m of children's day nursery floorspace (Class E); and 200 sq.m of cafe/coffee shop floorspace (Class E). Development to include associated provision of car parking, landscaping and tree works, public open space and local equipped area for play (LEAP), drainage infrastructure, acoustic bund, enhancements to existing vehicle access to Stock Lane and connections to the existing footpath network. Phase 2: Full planning application for up to 50 dwellinghouses (Class C3). Development to include associated provision of car parking, landscaping and tree works, drainage infrastructure, and access alongside any associated works. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
  2. Bristol City Council planning applications weekly list: Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA
  3. Planning Inspectorate: Official Statistics: Planning Inspectorate Ministerial Measures - Experimental Statistics 19 August 2027
  4. Planning Inspectorate: Official Statistics: Planning Inspectorate Ministerial Measures - Experimental Statistics 20 May 2027
  5. Planning Inspectorate: Official Statistics: Planning Inspectorate Ministerial Measures - Experimental Statistics 19 August 2027
  6. Planning Inspectorate: Official Statistics: Planning Inspectorate Ministerial Measures - Experimental Statistics 20 May 2027
  7. Planning Inspectorate: Transparency data: Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests

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