Planning application
55 Downend Road Downend South Gloucestershire BS16 5UF
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 2.94m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.86m.
As published by the council, reference P26/01501/PNH
Application record
- Reference
- P26/01501/PNH
- Type
- Prior Notification Householder
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Frenchay And Downend
- Parish
- Downend And Bromley Heath Parish Council
- Decision by
- Fully Delegated
- Postcode
- BS16 5UF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2026
Received by South Gloucestershire
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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27 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Gloucestershire granted permission on 27 July 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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