BPT has warned B&NES Councillors and the Senior Planning Team about the potential for harm to the Outstanding Universal Value of the WHS should Phase 2 of Mulberry Park be given the go ahead. Revisions to the scheme have recently been submitted but in our view do not mitigate the harm proposed. In a letter…
The Trust has responded in the detail to the current consultation on the university masterplan from 2020. We have had considerable and well publicised concerns regarding the flurry of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) applications coming forward in the last few years on the city’s brownfield sites. Therefore our primary issue regarding the masterplan is…
Local MP Wera Hobhouse organised a conference recently (Sat 9th June) to hear from a variety of speakers on the issues surrounding traffic congestion and pollution in Bath. Our CEO Caroline Kay gave a presentation to the audience, outlining some quick fixes as well as more long term measures for the Council to implement. Two…
In late 2017 the Trust responded to two consultations by B&NES on car parking and coach parking. We had serious concerns about both sets of proposals, not least because both would result in higher levels of traffic, and therefore traffic and pollution, in the World Heritage City. You can read our responses here: Parking Strategy Consultation…
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listed building applications for alterations to listed bridges in B&NES (Pixash Bridge and Clay Lane bridge) have been withdrawn.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…
