Ground floor, 371 Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 8NH

a change of use of ground floor hairdressers to form a self- contained ground floor flat with safe refuge area including alterations to front and rear window and door arrangements

Authority: North Somerset Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: BS22 8NH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether future occupiers of the proposed development would be safe from the risk of flooding for the lifetime of the development

What decided it

The flood defences are in fair or good condition with no evidence of likely failure, making it reasonable to adopt a defended scenario as the design event, which results in future occupiers being safe from flooding for the lifetime of the development.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: CS3, DM1

Judgments cited: North Somerset District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2026] EWHC 1430 (Admin)

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