Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society CHIS planning

CHIS Planning Applications

Gill Blakeman (Planning Coordinator). crane towering above the area at
corner of Merchants Road and Regent Street

Comments about planning applications to: Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development, Brunel House, St Georges Road, Bristol BS1 5UY. email: development.management@bristol.gov.uk Telephone: 0117 9223976

Comments about planning applications when being discussed at a planning meeting to: democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk The planners report will be put up on the meetings section of the Council website http://www.bristol.gov.uk/meeting 7 days before the actual meeting as well as in the planning section http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Planning/publicaccess-for-planning.en. Extra comments can be made upto noon on the previous day.

Planning enforcement queries to: planning.enforcement@bristol.gov.uk Telephone: 0117 922 3000

Monthly Report

We do inform ourselves regarding every planning application by looking at the details. We are also now involved in many pre-applications.

Current month's applications (updated 10 January 2012. Gill's and Conservation Advisory Panel notes are in italics. Where marked *** CHIS has objected).

Previous Planning Notes

Weekly lists for BS8

We are now showing the official Bristol City Council weekly lists for BS8 (always 2 weeks behind the application being put in, but before the application is put on the lamp post) for more uptodate information.
Note that if you need help to comment about an application, you should join CHIS!

Watching planning applications is a lot easier than it used to be now that application details are on web sites. They help you monitor:

Demolition of suburban homes to build high density flats on the site of the houses and their gardens.
The protection of wildlife corridors in both towns and in the countryside.
Proposals to close local shops and other amenities and change the use to residential.
The loss of suburban green space due to new build houses in back gardens.
Expansions to bars and restaurants creating night life districts in formerly residential areas.
New placements of phone masts or pylons close to homes and schools.
The protection and improvement of local green spaces, parks and nature reserves.
Proposals for local landmark buildings that are in need of renovation.

Applications currently or recently being considered by CHIS

More details can be found on this web page

Jan 2012: 11/05194/F & 05195/LA – 20 Richmond Hill Refurbishment and conversion of basement rooms into 5 bedrooms with associated bathrooms, toilets, kitchen and dining areas. Addition of glazed roof over existing ground floor external courtyard area.
Jan 2012: 11/04923/F – Grove House, Pembroke Grove
Change of use to widen existing consent from B1 Office to include gym/physiotherapy use (mixed B1, D1 and D2 uses)
Secret Garden
May 11: 11/01883/F, 11/01884/LA: Proposed residential dwelling, with associated access onto Princes' Lane, car parking, amenity space and refuse storage. Works to existing boundary walls. A 5 double bedroomed residence on the side of the Gorge. "The secret garden"

Will be discussed at a planning meeting Oct/Nov NOT 21 Sept 2011 2pm
Dec 09: 09/05158/VC : Proposal now change to remove all the orchard trees in order to prepare the land for potential development pre-planning. granted
Pre-application: land off Princes Lane (to the rear of 412 Hotwell Road).
- Dec 09: Strongly objected to by CAP
- Oct 09: The developer presented rationale behind the proposed massing of the single dwelling and how the design ensures the house blends into its setting (using photomontages). The proposal seeks to retain an open space aesthetic, incorporate ‘green’ technology & positively preserve the site setting.
- Strongly objected to by CHIS
Public inquiry 101 queens rd APP/Z0116/E/11/2151088
October 2011: Appeal dismissed
10/05243/F Demolition of existing building and erection of five storey building containing 10 no. apartments and new retail floorspace (either within Class A2 or A3) was refused so is now subject to a public inquiry
The Inquiry will be held on 23 and 24 August 2011 starting at 10am at the Council House.
The Council has sent all correspondence received as part of the application including the comments from CHIS. CHIS are more than welcome to attend the Inquiry and may be able to speak/present evidence. This is at the discretion of the Inspector and I suggest that you contact the Inspectorate as soon as possible to discuss this issue. The Case Officer at the Inspectorate is Jennifer Saunders and she can be contacted on 0117 3728353 (DD).
The appellant will be providing a proof of evidence but we do not have this as yet. Revised plans have been submitted as part of the appeal. These relate to the size of the lift and alterations to the basement layout. The appearance of the building or scale has not been altered materially as a result. The appeal file can be viewed by making an appointment (please phone 0117 922 3000 to do so) however the Council have scanned in the plans received for our assistance.
The Chesterfield hospital’s (3 Clifton Hill Bristol BS8 1BP) original plans for improvement were deferred at the last Planning Committee meeting, and their new proposals will be the subject of a new public consultation on 24th, 25th June at the hospital. Granted at July meeting 10/04593/F, 10/04594/LA: Redevelopment of The Chesterfield Hospital to include: demolition of 1930s extension to Clifton Court; internal alterations to create new sanitary and support accommodation; demolition of 1930s Stafford Lodge building removal of mature beech tree overlooking Fosseway Court; construction of new 3-storey hospital building and single storey extension to stable block on eastern boundary.
99 Queens Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1LW
Jan 2012: Appeal dismissed 1 March: 11/00508/P & 00510/LD Outline application – for the erection of a 2 storey building with basement accommodation to accommodate six 2 and 3 bedroom flats. Erection of bin and cycle store. Demolition of existing building. With ‘Access’, ‘Appearance’, ‘Layout’ and ‘Scale’ to be considered. Refused Aug 11. Gone to appeal Aug
Application No 09/02750/LD;
Type of Application Listed Building Consent (Demolish)
Proposal Demolition of existing two storey retail outlet and associated car parking for redevelopment to four storey residential.
24 Sep: Refused
Pronto Print to be demolished and replaced with a 4 storey building 8 S/C flats by Andrew Wotton Associates who were appointed after they gained approval on the adjoining property (101) .

Note only 3.8 metre away from grade II listed 20 Richmond Hill
17 Vyvyan Terrace garage 16 June 2pm: Development meeting to consider application 10/01519/LA, 17 Vyvyan Terrace garage listed building consent. Passed 5 for, 3 against
2007-2009: Application to turn the garage into a two storey house granted with conservation area consent instead of listed building consent
Sutton House, Clifton Down, BS8 3HT
- March 2010: dormer window finally removed and height of conservatory reduced and made more acceptable!
- October 2009: dormer window and conservatory still there
- CAP (Conservation Advisory Panel) June 09:
  The Panel was very disappointed that this application for retrospective consent had been granted. This would set a regrettable precedent. See their comments, full story and pictures
- 5 June 09: Mr Hale has advised that the conservatory company has been contracted to begin works on 18 July 2009, as this is the earliest date that was available, and that the conservatory structure will take approximately 2 weeks to be completed. He also intends to carry out the removal of the dormer at this time. Should the works proceed without any complications, the outstanding elements should be completed around the first week of August 2009.
- Apr 09: The dormer window inserted into the rear roof elevation is unauthorized. Failure to remove it and restore the roof back to its original appearance within 2 months from this date of decision 09/00299/LA (26 March 2009) will likely result in further prosecution proceedings being taken by the Council.
- Mar 09 Council brought prosecution proceedings against Mr Hale regarding recent construction of rear dormer and unauthorised demolition of front boundary wall.
  Plea of Guilty. Fine levied of £3,000 for dormer, £2,000 for wall. Costs £1,674+£15 surcharge.
- 11 Feb 09:09/00299/LA Granted on 26 March
  Proposal:
  - i. Demolition of existing aluminium conservatory and replacement with new painted aluminium conservatory (800mm lower than existing unauthorised conservatory);
  - ii. Provision of a rooflight/sunpipe;
  - iii. Removal of unauthorised dormer window on rear of property;
  - iv. Replacement of rear UPVC casement window with painted timber sliding sash window;
  - v. Retention of rebuilt front boundary wall, vehicular access position and modified entrance gate.

Length of time for comment on individual applications

There is 3 weeks grace from the receipt of a letter giving notice of an application and about 5 weeks from the date of registration.
Each time an application is put on the same property, you must write again. Previous letters are ignored since they were for a different application proposal. YOU MUST INCLUDE ALL APPLICATION NUMBERS (some refer to listed building consent, others to the actions proposed.
Anyone who feels they might like to speak at a Development Committee Planning Meeting must book a slot early - midday on the day before the meeting. A good showing from passionate local people should play well- but do not speak for more than 3 minutes, only present the main points of your objection since it should have been read earlier by the panel, and do try to orchestrate the campaigners to make sure each puts forward different points. Councillors can be very responsive to a gathering of local objectors, which is perhaps no surprise given that they are elected officials.
Any letter written about an application will be summarised in the delegated report. The Development Committee will not see the individual letters, only the planners report, so do write again having looked at the planners report, making sure you put your main points succintly.
Do write as individuals against a particular development, making sure to state your context (resident, neighbour, local shopkeeper etc). Comments about planning applications to: Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development, Brunel House, St Georges Road, Bristol BS1 5UY. Telephone: 0117 9223976
You can search for planning applications, decisions, site histories and appeals via Bristol City Council public Access website, and on the national planning website http://www.ukplanning.com (see the useful website section for more details)

More Information

Our page Planning Advice and Information includes

Community Involvement
Multi-occupancy
Enforcement
Trees
Conservation Planning - contains details about which policy points you should quote in your comments. It is no good just saying something is ugly.
Planning Classes
Height Matters
Fighting the developers

Annual Planning reports

Application suffixes

Ever wondered what the suffix on the end of and application meant? eg 11/03339/F

A	Advertisement
COND	Discharge of conditions
F	Full Planning
H	Full Planning (Householders)
LA	Listed Building Consent (Alter/Extend)
LC	Conservation Area Consent
M	Reserved Matters
NMA	Non material amendment of planning permission
VC	Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
VD	Dead/Dying/Dangerous trees
X	Variation/Deletion of a Condition

Closure of Planning Reception, Brunel House

It is no longer cost effective for the number of visits to the reception, which has fallen from 50 /day to 50/week, to keep two officers just sitting on reception. You now need to make a call to the planning office saying which application was wanted and giving them enough time to get the documents out. Apparently some of the older information is now kept off site near the Create Centre so if you are looking for background information that needs to be collected from there they would need 24 hours to get the documents over to Brunel House. Any new applications are kept in house so only a short period of notice is needed. They are also talking about getting some larger screens installed in planning reception so that people can look at drawings on screen. Apparently a number of applications are now submitted online so that it is costly for the planners to print them out for people to look at on paper. It is therefore going to be more usual to have to look at drawings on screen.
I understand that there is going to be a 3 month trial period after which we can feed back any problems we have found with the new system. Let me know how the service works for you if you use it so that we can make sure that comments are taken account of. The bonus is that all applications including tree applications are now going to be scanned and put on line.
There are a number of Customer Service points where the application drawings can be viewed free of charge on PublicAccess, the council planning application service
Nearest Customer Service Point addresses:

Bedminster 2-3 Waring House, Redcliff Hill, Redcliffe, Bristol, BS1 6TB
Phoenix Court Bond Street South, Bristol, BS1 3PH
All Public Libraries.

Useful websites:

Information about planning applications is now available:

the Bristol City Council website
on the national planning website http://www.ukplanning.com. .
our BS8 weekly lists, and monthly summary
Planningfinder.co.uk is a free to use internet portal for everyone. They send you an email whenever a planning application is submitted close to your registered postcode. PlanningFinder works by searching for applications on local authorities' websites and then calculates which ones are close to you. The service is for anyone who values their environment, be it town or country, who wants to know about changes which could affect the character of their locality.
Bristol Neighbourhood Planning Network Bristol NPN is a voluntary, self-help network of neighbourhood based, resident Ied groups within Bristol who are or want to be involved in the planning of their area either through the production of a local plan and/or making comments upon planning applications.
Planning Aid is a voluntary service offering free, independent and professional advice on town planning matters to community groups and individuals who cannot afford to employ a planning consultant.
planning portal that puts you in touch with planning services throughout Scotland, England & Wales. Working in partnership with local authorities. Planning Doctor very useful for independent answers
Network of Residents' Association (includes section on housing legislation)
BBC
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council Sustainable Development (includes SD Guide for Construction)
Bristol City Council Conservation and Historic Environment
Bristol Local Plan (see chapter 4 for definitions of policies B1-22)
BBC web site about planning matters
Campaign for Planning Sanity- free advice line for local communities and campaign groups affected by adverse planning
Planning Inspectorate. Gives notes for the guidance of Inspectors as well as for the campaigners for appeals and public inquiries
The Open Spaces Society. This society protects common land and public rights of way; it can also help to register a new ‘green’. The address is Open Spaces Society, 25a Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BA
Images of England is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century.
You can view over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
The site brings together the English Heritage online "list" of listed buildings, The "Images of England" website (which also includes most listed buildings but also has pictures of some) and the "pastscape" site which has archeological records. All of these were available before but it is nice that they are in one place.
The HER - which stands for Historic Environment Records (otherwise known as the SMR- Sites and monuments record) has also been available online for a while along with various other resources e.g Take a look at the following page on the English Heritage site http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1518 The joy of this latest site appears to be that it searches several of these at once

Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society (CHIS)