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Grand Central Hotel 1 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS

Awaiting decision North Somerset 25/P/1634/FUL Full Application

Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing

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Proposal

Full planning application for an additional floor of the vacant hotel to provide 8no. residential apartments (Use Class C3). External alterations, including alterations to windows, to Regent Street elevation and rear elevation.

As published by the council, reference 25/P/1634/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/P/1634/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Registered
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
11 Aug 2025
Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Parish
Weston-super-Mare
Postcode
BS23 1AS

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Somerset register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/P/1633/FUL Granted

    Grand Central Hotel 1 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS

    Full planning application for the conversion of the first and second floors of the vacant hotel into 20 no. residential apartments (Use Class C3). External alterations, including alterations to windows, to Regent Street elevation and rear elevation. A number of minor buildings within the central courtyard to the rear are proposed to be removed.

    Decided 20 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2025

    Received by North Somerset

  2. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    North Somerset took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bristol

Active · incorporated 2016 · Bristol

205 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 83% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

33 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with North Somerset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Somerset decided full applications in a median of 72 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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