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Housing, grid and offshore consent notices cross Bristol-area planning lists

The notices place small urban office-to-home conversion and a phased Langford redevelopment alongside separate electricity works and a national offshore transmission consent.

Documents from North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and the Planning Inspectorate show housing capacity being sought through different routes in the same set of notices, while separate electricity infrastructure items are also listed [1][3][4][2][5]. North Somerset Council's planning weekly list records a screening-opinion request for Monaghan Mushrooms Farm, Stock Lane, Langford, covering a Section 73 variation to an approved outline permission and a later full application for up to 50 dwellings; the same entry says this is not a planning application [1]. A fuller North Somerset listing for the same Langford site says Phase 1 could include demolition, site clearance including vegetation removal, up to 120 homes, 1,400 sq m of flexible employment floorspace, 830 sq m linked to the mushroom farm operation, a 420 sq m nursery and a 200 sq m cafe, while Phase 2 would add up to 50 homes [3]. In Bristol, Bristol City Council's weekly list records a prior-approval question over changing Westrym House, Waters Lane, BS9 4AA from commercial, business and service use to dwellinghouses under Class MA [4]. Separately, South Gloucestershire Council's list records consent sought to replace a single electricity pole with a double "H" pole on the grass verge at Tanhouse Lane, Yate [2], and the Planning Inspectorate said the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets DCO application had been granted development consent by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero [5].

Sources

  1. North Somerset Council planning weekly list: Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether proposed development is EIA development. Works proposed; Section 73 application to vary the approved outline planning permission 23/P/0448/OUT (Phase 1) and the forthcoming full planning application for up to 50 dwellings (Phase 2). THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
  2. South Gloucestershire Council planning weekly list: Application for consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to replace existing single pole with a double (H) pole. The application is made under section 5(2) of The Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - Planning Act 2008.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Planning Inspectorate: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets development consent decision announced

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