Bristol-area planning lists show pattern of reusing existing buildings, from Yate house to two barns

Recent planning lists from South Gloucestershire Council and North Somerset Council include three applications that all involve changing or maintaining existing buildings. South Gloucestershire Council’s weekly list includes an application to change 1 Church Road, Yate, from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to community use (Class F.1) [1]. North Somerset Council’s weekly list includes an application under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 to determine whether prior approval for converting an agricultural barn south of Clevedon Road, Weston-in-Gordano, into one dwelling is likely to have a significant effect on a European site [2]. South Gloucestershire Council’s list also includes a proposal to remove and replace all windows and two French doors with like-for-like replacements at The Brewhouse Barn, Bury Hill, Hambrook [3]. Read together, the three applications show local councils dealing with a change of use, a barn conversion, and replacement of building fabric at existing buildings.