5 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JX

1. 31 Jul 2026

   Received by North Somerset

2. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 25 September 2026, 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.

This application is with North Somerset for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 15 Oakleigh Close Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JX

  23/P/0693/NMA Submitted 31 Mar 2023 0m away

  Non material amendment to application 21/P/0352/FUH (Two storey front and rear extensions, front porch and single storey rear extension.) to vary the position of the windows and add feature cladding to the front extension and slight lengthening of the front porch.

  Granted Amendments Extension Windows or glazing 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 5 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JX

  26/P/1591/LDP Submitted 31 Jul 2026 0m away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep

  Certification of Lawful Development for the conversion of existing garage to create habitable space, utility room and storage garage.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 7 docs

• 37 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JX

  25/P/2437/ELE Submitted 20 Nov 2025 0m away

  Notification of National Grid intension, under the Overhead Exemption Regulations 2009, to replace 1no. pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

  Granted Other 5 docs

• 15 Oakleigh Close Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JX

  23/P/0693/NMA Submitted 31 Mar 2023 0m away

  Non material amendment to application 21/P/0352/FUH (Two storey front and rear extensions, front porch and single storey rear extension.) to vary the position of the windows and add feature cladding to the front extension and slight lengthening of the front porch.

  Granted Amendments Extension Windows or glazing 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 37 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JX

  25/P/2437/ELE Submitted 20 Nov 2025 0m away

  Notification of National Grid intension, under the Overhead Exemption Regulations 2009, to replace 1no. pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

  Granted Other 5 docs

• 37 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JX

  26/P/1017/ELE Submitted 28 Apr 2026 0m away

  Notification of National Grid's intention to change a pole from 9m to 10m at 37 Oakleigh Close, Backwell

  Granted Other 4 docs

• 26/P/1782/LDP Awaiting decision

  12 Phoenix Way Portishead BS20 7JJ

  Certificate of lawful development for the proposed conversion of the existing double garage into a usable internal space to be used as a home office / guest bedroom with a shower room, ancillary to the main dwelling.

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/1758/LDE Awaiting decision

  Buzzards Farm Charlton Drive Wraxall BS48 1PD

  Certificate of lawfulness for the existing 11no. shipping containers and 3no. outbuildings on land at Buzzards Farm used in connection with the lawful agricultural use of the land.

  26 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/1719/LDP Awaiting decision

  35 Halswell Road Clevedon BS21 6LE

  Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.

  20 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/1696/LDE Awaiting decision

  4 Downleaze Portishead BS20 8BJ

  Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of a full-width single storey rear extension.

  17 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/1679/LDP Awaiting decision

  23 Coleridge Vale Road North Clevedon BS21 6PS

  Certificate of lawful development for a proposed Hip-to-Gable Roof alteration, Loft conversion and 1no. dormer to the rear elevation.

  14 Aug 2026 Lawful development