June Planning Update
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for June 2022 here.
BPT warns Green Belt is at risk, and B&NES won’t meet climate targets at critical time for local policy
From 21 June, Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) Council’s updated ‘Local Plan’ policies for planning and land-use will be examined by a Planning Inspector who will assess whether they are positively prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national guidance for delivering sustainable development. However, Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) believes if some of the policies…
May Planning Update
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for May 2022 here.
World Heritage Day – The R’s of Sustainability Challenge
This year as we celebrate World Heritage Day (April 18th) and the attributes of Outstanding Universal Value that make Bath a City of global significance, BPT highlights that the next biggest threat to the City of Bath World Heritage Site is climate change, mitigation and adaptation. “Climate change is one of the most significant threats…
April Planning Update
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for April 2022 here.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Ask an Architect 23rd April 2022
Bath Preservation Trust is thrilled to announce the launch of our first Ask an Architect session this year! Ask an Architect is an excellent design advice service offered by the Royal Institute of British Architects in partnership with Bath Preservation Trust to support design projects in the city of Bath. Visitors are invited to book…
March Planning Update
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for March 2022 here.
Happy World Book Day!
This World Book Day, we are delighted to share with you a wonderful list of children’s literature that is themed around buildings, architecture, housing, construction and the environment. Fiction and non-fiction, you’ll find something to inspire children of all ages to think an learn about the places people live and a changing built environment. Browse…
BPT Responds to Public Consultation For Up to Additional 300 Homes on Sulis Down Plateau
BPT has responded to the public consultation for Phases 3 & 4 of the development at Sulis Down, proposing up to an additional 300 homes. Phase 1 has already been permitted for 171 homes, which are currently in delivery. We maintain concerns regarding the continued development ‘creep’ of this site without a comprehensive, site-wide masterplan,…
BPT Renews Call Against Unjustified Harm to Heritage in Resubmitted Plans for Former Bath Press
Following refusal at Planning Committee, new plans have been resubmitted for the former Bath Press site. The scheme continues to propose over 270 dwellings across the site, along with new commercial space along Lower Bristol Road. BPT continues to welcome the long-overdue development of this brownfield site. We are pleased to see that the applicant…