House extensions and garage conversions dominate Bristol-area planning registers

The weekly planning registers for Bristol and its neighbouring councils are dominated by household extensions and conversions rather than major new developments.

Bristol City Council's list includes a single-storey front and rear extension at 72 Concorde Drive [1]. North Somerset Council's list includes a proposed conversion of the Blake House attached garage to form living accommodation at Heathfield Lodge Lane, Nailsea [2], plus a separate listed-building consent application for the same address [4]; a new agricultural and forestry building with associated hardstanding at Buzzards Farm, Charlton Drive, Wraxall [3]; and a single-storey link extension, garage conversion and side dormer extension at 16 Rippleside Road, Clevedon [5].

South Gloucestershire Council's list also features mostly residential work, including a single-storey side extension at 152 Pursey Drive, Bradley Stoke [6]; a single-storey side extension at The Shoe Box, Siston Lane, Siston [12]; a rear extension at 21 Marion Road, Hanham [13]; a garage-to-office conversion at 185 Dowsell Way, Yate [11]; and a garage-to-annexe conversion at 17 Denny Isle Drive, Severn Beach [10]. A proposal to expand a seven-bed house in multiple occupation to eight beds at 5 Fourth Avenue, Filton is also listed [15]. Other applications include a sports pavilion extension at Hanham Common [7], an outbuilding for workshop/storage at Rose Cottage, North Road, Yate [14], and tree works at Quarry Wood, Battlefields, Lansdown [8] and at Northmead Farm, Gibbs Lane, Siston [9].