Town Planner Pro
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Split Decision20 March 20263372431

6 Upper York Street, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 8QN

Planning appeal 3372431 at 6 Upper York Street, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 8QN (Bristol City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 March 2026 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether procedural issues prevent PP conditions 2, 11, 12, 13 and 18 from being discharged.

Conversion and extension of Grade II listed Former Coroner's Court and locally listed building 'Lakota', and erection of four-storey building to create 46 residential units, business space for Class A2/Class B1 uses, and associated cycle storage and landscaping

Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Redford R
Postcode
BS2 8QN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether procedural issues prevent PP conditions 2, 11, 12, 13 and 18 from being discharged
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and LBC conditions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 would preserve heritage assets
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP conditions 9 and 10 would ensure highway safety
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP condition 17 would secure employment opportunities in the construction and operation of the development
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP condition 19 would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants in terms of noise
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP conditions 20 and 21 would ensure the development can adapt to a changing climate
  • whether the details submitted in relation to PP condition 22 would prevent an increase in surface water flood risk

What decided it

The submitted details failed to meet the specific, detailed requirements of the conditions, particularly for heritage-related matters where the conditions required bespoke schemes, detailed drawings, and physical samples appropriate to the significance of listed building works, but the appellant submitted generic, incomplete, or high-level information.

The 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

357 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Bristol City Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed27 October 20266010371
    128 Church Road, Bristol, BS5 9HH
  2. Allowed22 October 20266011341
    172 Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol, BS7 0AX
  3. Dismissed19 October 20266010470
    46 Berkeley Road, Speedwell, Bristol, BS16 3NB
  4. Dismissed12 August 20266005564
    Chasefield House, 888 Fishponds Road, Bristol, BS16 3XB
  5. Dismissed30 July 20266007591
    163A Church Road, Redfield, Bristol, BS5 9LA

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.