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Call for support…..potential judicial review of Cricket Club decision

July 23, 2018Bath Preservation TrustCricket Club, Major development site, News

Following the Council’s decision to approve a bulky student accommodation block on the Cricket Club site, against the advice (in that form) of their officers and Historic England, and following the Secretary of State’s advice NOT to call the application in, BPT is considering putting forward a case for judicial review.  Preliminary legal advice suggests…

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Upcoming ‘Stadium for Bath’ consultation

July 19, 2018Bath Preservation TrustNews, The Recreation Ground

  Stadium for Bath is to launch the next round of consultation on its vision for a new leisure, sporting and community destination at the Rec. The Stadium for Bath public exhibition will be held in the Ricoh Suite, in the South Stand of Bath’s current stadium at the Rec, from 12pm to 7pm on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th July,…

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Trust warns of WHS harm from Phase 2 of Mulberry Park

July 16, 2018Bath Preservation TrustEx-MOD sites, Major development site, News

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…

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Bath University Masterplan

June 14, 2018Bath Preservation TrustBath University, News

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…

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Transport and Pollution Conference

June 14, 2018Bath Preservation TrustNews, Transport

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…

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Parking Consultations

May 9, 2018Bath Preservation TrustConsultations

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…

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Cable car?

May 15, 2017Bath Preservation TrustUncategorised

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…

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Sulis Down

November 21, 2016Bath Preservation TrustUncategorised

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…

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GWR Electrification…..Good News?

June 1, 2015Bath Preservation TrustNews, Transport

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…

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Job vacancies

July 10, 2014Bath Preservation TrustNews

There are currently no vacancies at Bath Preservation Trust.

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