It’s one of dozens of planning applications this week
The site where the phone mast would be installed next to Lawrence Hill roundabout (Image: Google Maps)
A 20-metre 5G mobile phone mast would be built next to Lawrence Hill roundabout, according to new plans recently submitted.
Each week Bristol City Council receives dozens of planning applications seeking consent for a whole range of developments.
Over the past seven days, those applications also included the demolition of an extension and outbuilding to make way for a new three-bedroom home in Shirehampton a a garage and conservatory to be knocked down and replaced with a two-bedroom house in Knowle.
Here’s this week’s round-up of notable planning applications submitted to the council.
Every week dozens are validated by the local authority and we have selected some of the more interesting proposals.
All planning applications submitted to the council have to be validated and are available for inspection by the public.
Anyone is also allowed to submit comments about the applications — whether in support or objection.
The majority of applications are decided by planning officers at the council under delegated powers.
However, some will go before elected councillors who sit on planning committees.
No dates have been set for when the planning applications below will be determined.
They can be viewed by going to the planning portal on Bristol City Council’s website.
Phone mast
A 20-metre mobile phone mast would be installed next to Lawrence Hill roundabout.
EE and H3G are asking if prior approval is required for the communications tower at Easton Road.
The operators’ application said the new mast would replace an existing one at The Old Exchange, previously Clarence House, in Clarence Road, St Jude’s.
New house to replace extension
A single-storey extension and outbuilding would be bulldozed and replaced with a new three-bedroom home.
In planning documents, architects said the existing building at Lower High Street in Shirehampton was end-of-terrace and had a bigger garden than neighbouring properties.
They said: “The proposed new house has been designed to avoid any overlooking from the new house into existing adjacent houses or gardens.”
Demolish garage and conservatory for home
A two-bedroom home would replace an existing garage and conservatory, which would be knocked down to make way for it.
Previous plans for the new building at St Martin’s Road, Knowle, were rejected by council officers because of concerns about overlooking and the privacy of neighbours and the incoming occupants.
In planning documents, architects said: “This revised application directly and comprehensively addresses the single reason for which planning permission was refused.
“The overlooking concerns that led to refusal have been resolved through the removal of all windows with direct sightlines towards neighbouring gardens and properties and their replacement with high-level windows or windows facing away from neighbouring properties.”