A new site for caravan pitches could soon be created in a Bristol suburb according to new plans recently submitted. Each week Bristol City Council receives dozens of planning applications seeking permission for a whole range of developments.
Over the past seven days, those applications also included subdividing rooms in a Clifton mansion and changing a section of the floor in St Nick’s Market. Here’s this week’s round-up of notable planning applications submitted to the council.
Every week dozens are validated by the local authority and we have selected some of the more interesting proposals. All planning applications submitted to the council have to be validated and are available for inspection by the public. Anyone is also allowed to submit comments about the applications — whether in support or objection.
The majority of applications are decided by planning officers at the council under delegated powers. However, some will go before elected councillors who sit on planning committees. No dates have been set for when the planning applications below will be determined. They can be viewed by going to the planning portal on Bristol City Council’s website.
Meanwhile site for caravan pitches
A new site for caravan pitches could be created in Lawrence Weston. 15 pitches would be installed at the end of Knovill Close. The council is applying to itself for planning permission for the so-called ‘meanwhile site’, as part of a wider push to create more places where people living in vans can formally stay.
This includes relocating caravans off of the Downs, after years of complaints from residents living nearby. The patch of tarmac is currently vacant and not in active use. Caravan pitches come with access to running water, toilets and bins. Pitch fees are charged weekly at £31.50 per week. In the longer term, the council wants to build social housing there.
Subdividing rooms in mansion
Rooms within a mansion in Clifton could soon be subdivided. One of the flats in Pembroke Mansions on Oakfield Road currently has one bedroom, but its owners are hoping to create a second bedroom. This includes removing a partition wall, relocating the kitchen and redesigning the bathroom. The large house was built around 1844 and is a listed building.
It was split into two semi-detached houses, both of which were later subdivided into several flats. In planning documents, architects said: “The proposed alterations reflect the way in which buildings are used today to suit today’s modern living requirements whilst retaining the existing structure and fabric of the listed building.”
New floor in St Nick’s Market to improve food hygiene
A new floor could be installed in a stall in St Nicholas Market in the city centre to improve food hygiene. The stall is in the covered market section, and late last year an environmental health officer working for the council said the existing stone flooring is “not well suited” to adhering to food hygiene standards, and is hard to clean.
Gaps beneath doors and skirting boards were another issue too. The plans include installing a new, levelled flooring in the unit, on top of the existing stone. This would be done in a way that protects the stone flooring underneath, so the changes could be reversed in future, if needed.