BPT has submitted our response to the redevelopment of the Scala site. You can read our response by clicking here, and it is also available via the BATHNES planning portal (see application 20/00552/FUL). The Trust is supportive of the principle of development on this site, and encourages a scheme that implements a mix of uses. …
BPT has submitted our response to the application at the Deadmill Lane site. Our objection can be read here, or via the BATHNES planning portal (see application 20/00491/OUT). Whilst the Trust is supportive of the principle of affordable housing, we could not support the proposal on grounds of principle of inappropriate development, significant harm to the open…
Bath Preservation Trust has today laid bare their complete opposition to the way in which three piecemeal new applications have been brought forward for the Holburne Park development on Warminster Road. The three applications include one for erecting three tall blocks resembling watchtowers on the boundary of the site. These proposed 4 storey buildings look…
We are pleased to announce that our final response regarding the scheme for Homebase is now available on our website. You can read our objection in full here. Whilst the Trust feels that the proposed layout and permeability of the site has improved, we objected to the scale, design, use of materials, and lack of affordable or mixed housing.
Our Chief Executive Caroline Kay will be speaking on behalf of BPT at tonight’s council meeting regarding potential responses to the recently-declared Climate Emergency. Those interested can watch a livestream online, and a recording will be made public following the meeting, both of which are accessible by clicking here. Below is our current statement regarding the…
It is with much excitement that we can finally announce that our ongoing programme of historic street sign conservation, enabled by the Bath World Heritage Enhancement Fund, has jointly won the Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2019. Additional congratulations are extended to our fellow winners Harrison Brooks architects and PERA for their work reinstating overthrow lighting on the…
We are pleased to announce that our final response regarding the scheme for Twerton Park Football Club is now available on our website. You can read our comment in full here. Whilst we support the enactment of redevelopment and regeneration in this area of Bath, we were unable to fully support the proposal due to issues…
Bath Rugby recently filed a scoping application https://bit.ly/2ZyCKgh for the Environmental Impact Assessment which they will be required to submit with their substantive planning application. This suggests that they are on track to submit a planning application in the foreseeable future. Bath Rugby have been consultative and open in their approach to Bath Preservation Trust…
We have been pleased to have been consulted on pre-application plans for the redevelopment of Twerton Park Football Club and have responded in detail to the project team. You can read our responses here and here. In general we support the redevelopment and regeneration of this part of Twerton High Street but have some concerns…
It has been drawn to our attention that people have been suggesting at hustings that Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) is ‘anti’ environmental measures to increase energy efficiency to properties. These people (including potentially prospective Councillors) are misinformed. Seven years ago, two years before the Council managed to produce its own sustainable homes retrofitting guidance, BPT…
