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Context

The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied locally. The National Planning Policy Framework must be taken into account in the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans and is a material consideration in planning decisions.

Bath and North East Somerset Council’s principal planning policy document is the Local Plan, adopted in 2007. The Plan sets out the goals and priorities of local ‘spatial’ planning, and is the primary point of reference for local decisions about planning applications. However, it is due to be replaced by the Council’s new Local Development Framework (LDF). This is a suite of documents including a Core Strategy which sets out the Council’s vision for development in the area. The Local Development Framework includes a Statement of Community Involvement, describing how the Council plans to involve local people in preparing and reviewing all planning documents for the area, and supplementary planning documents (SPD’s)which address specific local issues of importance.

The current B&NES planning policy framework and LDF is available here

The Councils current supplementary planning documents (SPD’s) are available here

National and local planning policy is governed by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation) Areas Act 1990

Latest Applications

  • Twerton Mill, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath
  • Bathwick Hill House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath
  • 7 Gay Street, City Centre
  • 15 Livingstone Road, Oldfield Park, Bath
  • 17 Cleeve Green, Twerton

Latest News

  • Appeal Allows Redevelopment of Plumb Center as Example of “High-Quality and Innovative Industrial Architecture”
  • BPT Responds to Local Authority’s Installation of City Centre ‘Parklets’
  • Future of Friends’ Meeting House Secured
  • BPT Responds to Initial Bath River Line Consultations
  • Caroline Kay to Step Down as Chief Executive of Bath Preservation Trust in April 2021 after Pandemic Delay

Contact Us

Bath Preservation Trust, No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR. Registered in England No. 294789
01225 338727
conservation@bptrust.org.uk
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