Local Plan and Joint West of England Spatial Plan BPT has submitted comments to these two important consultations, which consider the housing numbers and associated spatial strategy for B&NES and the wider region. The B&NEs review is an update of the existing Core Strategy and Placemaking Plan, reappraising housing needs and trajectories and with a…
The Valley Parishes Alliance, representing parishes in the World Heritage Site Setting East of Bath, has recently issued a submission to the Transport Secretary concerning the possible proposals for link roads East of Bath. The BPT’s position over the years has been consistent with the VPA’s approach which, while opposing a link road immediately East…
Developing a conservation area character appraisal for Bath Conservation Area Bath today has one city wide conservation area which covers 1486 hectares and is home to about 50,000 people. The conservation area includes the city’s unique and much celebrated heritage, but it also encompasses less well known areas which have a range of different characteristics….
Grimshaw Architects (of Thermae Spa and Herman Miller fame) have been selected to undertake the consultation and design work for a new stadium for Bath Rugby on the Rec. More than a year’s worth of key stakeholder consultation (which has included the Trust) has been undertaken to get to this point. The project team are…
Update March 2017 B&NES Cabinet decided on 25 January to take forward either Sites B 0r F as an east of Bath Park & Ride site (despite strong representations made by BPT and other opposition groups including the Bathampton Meadows Alliance). This decision was subsequently ‘called-in’ for scrutiny by councillors as there were widespread concerns…
Bath Preservation Trust is fighting a move from B&NES Council to include in their housing development plans a large area of school playing fields adjacent to the MOD Ensleigh site on Lansdown. The Trust’s position is that while the brownfield MOD site should be developed sensitively for housing, the playing fields, currently belonging to the…
The Abbey 2016 In December the Abbey Footprint team met with committee members and Trustees to update the Trust on the development of elements of the project. The Trust encouraged a joined up approach to interpretation working with the Mineral Hospital, the Archway Project and the Museum of Bath Architecture. We welcomed further engagement in…
