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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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No mention of heritage in B&NES’ Vision for the region?

January 8, 2019Bath Preservation TrustNews, Planning policy news, Uncategorized

The Trust has very recently responded in detail to the Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation which considers options relating to the establishment of new strategic policies and amend existing policies for the region.  In particular, we’ve been pleased to see proposed new policy options relating to housing and purpose built student accommodation, but we…

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Great HLF news for two of Bath’s Georgian gems

December 19, 2018Bath Preservation TrustNews, Uncategorized

The Trust was delighted to hear today that both the Sydney Gardens and the Cleveland Pools restoration projects have been awarded significant Heritage Lottery funding.  We have been involved as stakeholders in both projects and have been hopeful that both important historic sites would receive the money they need to regenerate and revitalise these neglected…

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BPT’s fighting fund – support us to challenge poor planning decisionmaking

November 28, 2018Bath Preservation TrustCricket Club, Major development site, News, Uncategorized

Today we have announced that we do not intend to proceed further with our Judicial Review of Bath Cricket Club’s proposed student housing development. Instead we will be initiating a ‘fighting fund’. The Trust initiated the Judicial Review because it believed the Council Development Management Committee erred in law in their decision making. In particular…

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The CAZ must be part of a package of measures

November 22, 2018Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, News, Transport

BPT has today submitted our response to the Clean Air Zone consultation.  Our basic message is one of tentative support based on the fact that the CAZ is at least action in the right direction BUT that far more needs to be done to support behavioural change away from the car, the ‘carrots’ to counter the…

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