Planning appeal decision
Unit A, Estune Business Park Wild, Country Lane,, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9FH
Planning appeal 3339053 at Unit A, Estune Business Park Wild, Country Lane,, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9FH (North Somerset Council) was allowed on 23 September 2024 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development is permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 having particular regard to Condition 10 of the outline permission.
change of use of ground floor and first floor offices (Class E) to residential use (Class C3), creating 12 No new flats
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- BS41 9FH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development is permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 having particular regard to Condition 10 of the outline permission
What decided it
The wording of Condition 10, which uses 'only' to specify permitted employment uses rather than to exclude all other uses, does not prevent non-employment uses such as residential development from taking place at the site, particularly those which would not be harmful to residential amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV/1 of the North Somerset Local Plan
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in North Somerset Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed9 October 20266011867Fairoaks, Cadbury Camp Lane, Clapton-in-Gordano, BS20 7SA
- Dismissed2 October 2026601030510 West Street, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1JT
- Dismissed23 September 20266014912Swallow Lodge, 3 Wick Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 7YL
- Dismissed22 September 2026600742311 Quantock Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4DN
- Dismissed22 September 20266006629Land Opposite and to the East of the Full Quart, Off Bristol Road (A370) , Hewish, Puxton, BS24 6RT
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®