Planning application
Former BT Radio Research Laboratory Long Lane Backwell
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Request to discharge conditions 5, (Waste management plan) and 8, ( External lighting strategy) on application 17/P/0233/F.
As published by the council, reference 25/P/2668/AOC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/2668/AOC
- Category
- Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve (discharge condition)(RDC)
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 23 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Backwell
- Parish
- Backwell
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Dec 2025
Received by North Somerset
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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15 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approve (discharge condition)(RDC)
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 17/P/0233/F (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Context Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bath
Active · incorporated 2018 · Bath
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL OF CONDITIONS 5 & 8 - 25/P/2668/AOC
- RESPONSE TO CONDITION 5
- HTDM COMMENTS
- LIGHTING PLAN SUFFICIENT 28/08/26
- HTDM COMMENTS
- BACKWELL HEIGHTS - INDEMNITY LETTER TO NSC - WASTE COLLECTION
- WASTE STRATEGY REV A
- WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- LIGHTING STRATEGY REV 1
- HTDM COMMENTS
- HTDM COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY OFFICER COMMENT 19/01/26
- HIGHWAYS OFFICER COMMENT 13/01/26
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- WASTE STRATEGY
- LIGHTING STRATEGY - CONDITION 8
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
North Somerset granted permission on 15 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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