Planning application
20 Chapel Hill Backwell BS48 3PP
Works: Loft or dormer
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed Loft conversion with a flat roof rear dormer and addition of 2no. rooflights to the front roof slope.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/1612/FUH
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/1612/FUH
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Backwell
- Parish
- Backwell
- Postcode
- BS48 3PP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by North Somerset
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27 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 October 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a design practice
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12 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
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