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Planning Update: April 2021

April 15, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBPT Newsletter, BPT Updates, Planning Updates

The Trust has released its Planning Update for April 2021. This covers the latest news in local policy and consultations, active applications and appeals within Bath and its environs, as well as covering national updates to planning policy and legislation. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for April 2021 here.

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The Trust has Responded to the National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code Consultation

April 15, 2021Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, News, Planning policy news, Planning Updates

The government has consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Living with Beauty report. Changes set out a greater emphasis on beauty and local distinctiveness and calls for poorly designed developments to be refused. Other amendments include greater reference to…

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New Planning Application could Secure Future of Grade II* Old King Edward’s School?

April 14, 2021Bath Preservation TrustListed Building, News, World Heritage Site

New plans (see planning applications 21/00695/LBA & 21/00692/VAR) have come forward for the conversion of the Old King Edward’s School into a hotel with ground floor restaurant and bar use, with associated material changes to the interior. These are the latest in a string of planning consents for the building’s change of use since 2010….

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Bath Preservation Trusts invites residents to share their images of life during lockdown to create unique photographic archive

April 9, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBPT Projects, Lockdown, News, Public Realm, World Heritage Site

Bath Preservation Trust is inviting local residents to submit their images of the city, taken during one of the most extraordinary times in the city’s 2,000-year history. The project has been launched to document the experiences of local people and how the three periods of lockdown affected the streets and landscape in and around Bath….

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Bath Preservation Trust receives grant of £192,200 from Culture Recovery Fund

April 6, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBPT Funding, BPT Updates, Museums

Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) has been awarded £192,200 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future. Covid-19 has caused the most serious threat to BPT’s existence since its foundation in 1934. The loss of income from the closure of…

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Planning Update: March 2021

March 15, 2021Bath Preservation TrustPlanning Updates

The Trust has released its Planning Update for March 2021. This covers the latest news in local policy and consultations, active applications and appeals within Bath and its environs, as well as covering national updates to planning policy and legislation. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for March 2021 here.

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BPT Responds to Local Plan Partial Update Options Consultation

March 3, 2021Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Planning policy news

B&NES Council has recently consulted on updated Local Plan policies based on changes in local circumstances and national policy and legislation since the 2014-2017 adoption of the Core Strategy and Placemaking Plan. Proposed revisions intend to address the Council’s declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency, update the local authorities housing supply to ensure the…

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Revised Plans for Former Bath Press Site Risks Unbalanced Harm to Heritage, Says BPT

February 23, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBath Press, Major development site, News

Following an online public consultation in September 2020, a revised application (20/04760/EFUL) has been submitted for the redevelopment of the former Bath Press site, an early 20th century ‘Non-Designated Heritage Asset’ of local significance. A housing scheme was permitted in 2016. This was followed by the demolition of the Bath Press and stabilisation of the…

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BPT Responds to ‘Reserved Matters’ Application for Bath Quays North

February 23, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBath Quays, Major development site

A reserved matters planning application (20/04965/ERES) has been submitted for the proposed Bath Quays North development on the site of the Avon Street car park. The application is for detail of the proposed appearance, materials, scale, and landscaping on the site. The Trust remains supportive of the intention to regenerate and repair this city centre site…

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Hartwells Garage Site Appeal Inquiry

February 23, 2021Bath Preservation TrustUncategorized

An Inquiry into the appeal against the refused proposal for a mixed-use development of housing and student accommodation on the site of Hartwells Garage started on the 16th February. On behalf of the Trust, Senior Planning and Conservation Officer Joanna Robinson spoke to the Inspector against the application on 18th February. She summarised that the…

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