We have recently received several emails and letters from members regarding the possible plans for a cable car operating from Mulberry Park to the city centre. Members are understandably concerned about the impact it could have on their homes and the potential impact on the appearance of the World Heritage site. Our response is as…
Sulis Down (Nov 2015) Following Public Inquiry the Planning Inspector finally ruled on the Core Strategy in 2014, releasing land within the Green Belt for development at South Stoke Plateau. We have been actively engaged in the development of the masterplan for the site and the Trust was represented over a week of workshops to…
The Trust is pleased that the two listed building applications for alterations to listed bridges in B&NES (Pixash Bridge and Clay Lane bridge) have been withdrawn. We had OBJECTED to these applications on the grounds that the solutions were overly interventionist, causing substantial and irreversible harm; that they did not represent an appropriate solution for these…
The Planning Inspector has issued his final report on the B&NES Core Strategy, the planning blueprint for Bath and environs until 2026. The Trust had campaigned throughout that the areas of Bath’s Green Belt which the Council has wished to release for development should not be included, in order to protect the rural setting of the…
