Welcome to Bath Preservation Trust
LOCALLY IMPORTANT BUILDINGS LIST
The draft Locally Important Buildings Supplementary Planning Document is out for public consultation from 10 April–22 May. Bath Preservation Trust’s formal response to this consultation will be added to our website shortly.
The local list will complement the existing statutory list of nationally important buildings, of both architectural and historic interest. The objective of the document is to raise the profile of and give recognition to buildings and structures that contribute to the character of the area. The document gives details on the selection criteria for locally important buildings and proposes how buildings will be nominated and considered for inclusion on the local list.
The Trust welcomes this new document and the opportunity for local residents and groups, who have detailed knowledge of their area and history, to nominate buildings they feel merit consideration. Once the document is adopted the Trust will encourage the public and its members to make nominations for buildings to be included directly to us, and if necessary we will use our Architecture and Planning Committee to undertake any additional research and/or provide information which meets the selection criteria. Bath & North East Somerset Council has asked representatives of the Trust to join a panel to assess the nominations for buildings of local importance.
Copies of the documents can be viewed in all public libraries in the district and in Council offices. Alternatively, they can be viewed on the Council’s website.
BATH WESTERN RIVERSIDE – Decision not to call in Planning Application
For details on the decision not to call in the Western Riverside planning application, visit the Western Riverside page.
To view the letter from the Government Office for the South West to the Council which sets out their reasons for deciding not to intervene click here.
Also on the Western Riverside page, read the views of the Prince of Wales, Bath Preservation Trust’s Patron, on the impact of tall buildings on sensitive historic sites.
ROYAL CRESCENT PAVING AND RAILINGS
With financial assistance from BPT and its members through the ‘Sponsor a Stone’ campaign, the funding is in place for new pennant paving on the lawn side of the Crescent. This project is now hinging on the success of securing funds for the railings as the two projects must be undertaken at the same time. To that end, the Royal Crescent Society has launched a further appeal for funds towards the restoration of the railings. Some funds are already in place from the Heritage Lottery Fund but there is still a shortfall. The first approaches have been to Royal Crescent freeholders. BPT is working with the Society on this campaign; Trustees have pledged £6,600 towards the railings project and we are accepting donations on behalf of the Society to help them reach their wider target.
For more information about the project see the Royal Crescent Society’s website.
The picture shows the park in front of the Royal Crescent used as allotments during the war years, when the haha was filled in with spoil.
e-newsletters
The Trust produces occasional e-newsletters covering matters of interest affecting the city and its environs. You can access them here: