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Winner – Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2019

October 2, 2019Bath Preservation TrustBPT Projects, News, Public Realm

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…

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Our final response to Twerton Park proposals

September 19, 2019Bath Preservation TrustMajor development site, News, Twerton Park

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…

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Update on the Recreation Ground, Stadium for Bath

July 31, 2019Bath Preservation TrustThe Recreation Ground

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…

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Our response to Twerton Park proposals

May 1, 2019Bath Preservation TrustMajor development site, Twerton Park

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…

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Don’t call BPT anti-environment……

April 25, 2019Bath Preservation TrustUncategorized

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…

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Chivers House approved despite officers’ recommendation to refuse

April 23, 2019Bath Preservation TrustChivers House, News

We were very disappointed to attend the last Development Management Committee and to see the councillors approve the latest version of the Chivers House scheme (95 residential units in 2 blocks at 6 and 7 storeys high) despite the planning officer’s recommendation to refuse the scheme on the basis of loss of industrial space and…

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Ask an Architect 27 April

April 2, 2019Bath Preservation TrustBPT event, News, Uncategorized

Have you an architectural design project or idea you’d like to discuss with an impartial expert? 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 and our next sessions are on 27 April. Visitors are…

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Hartwell’s Garage site

February 19, 2019Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Major development site, News

A possible scheme for 180 student beds and 105 small apartments on the site of Hartwell’s Garage on Newbridge Road has recently been consulted upon and the Trust has provided a response to the developers.  In our view the student accommodation element is unacceptable given the saturation of this type of accommodation in Bath already…

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Our response to the recent Stadium for Bath consultation

January 17, 2019Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Major development site, News, The Recreation Ground

The Trust has issued a detailed response to the recent consultation on a new rugby stadium on the Rec. We have actively engaged with the project since its inception and have given detailed responses to emerging plans at each stage.  The plans presented are the most detailed yet, and therefore we have been able to…

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Permitted development is not the answer for high street or housing crisis

January 16, 2019Bath Preservation TrustNews, Planning policy news

The Trust has responded to the recent planning reform consultation issued by the government.  The paper looked at relaxing change of use rules for retail units to make some changes of use class permitted development.  In addition the reforms look to gauge feedback on the proposal to allow some form of roof addition/extensions (i.e upward ‘space’)…

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