Concept design proposals were presented at a webinar on 27th May for Phase One of the Bath River Line project, focusing on the western section of the River Line (between Newbridge and Green Park). Other sections of the River Line will be taken forward as part of later phases of the project. The scheme proposes…
The Trust has released its Planning Update for June 2021. This covers the latest news in local policy and consultations, active applications and appeals within Bath and its environs, as well as covering national updates to planning policy and legislation. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for June 2021 here.
The Trust has released its Planning Update for May 2021. This covers the latest news in local policy and consultations, active applications and appeals within Bath and its environs, as well as covering national updates to planning policy and legislation. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for May 2021 here.
A bill aimed at reforming England’s planning system has been announced in the Queen’s Speech today (11 May). The Queen said the Government wants to bring forward the bill to make sure more homes can be built and more people can own their own home. The bill, which is expected to be brought before Parliament…
The government has consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Living with Beauty report. Changes set out a greater emphasis on beauty and local distinctiveness and calls for poorly designed developments to be refused. Other amendments include greater reference to…
New plans (see planning applications 21/00695/LBA & 21/00692/VAR) have come forward for the conversion of the Old King Edward’s School into a hotel with ground floor restaurant and bar use, with associated material changes to the interior. These are the latest in a string of planning consents for the building’s change of use since 2010….
Bath Preservation Trust is inviting local residents to submit their images of the city, taken during one of the most extraordinary times in the city’s 2,000-year history. The project has been launched to document the experiences of local people and how the three periods of lockdown affected the streets and landscape in and around Bath….
Following an online public consultation in September 2020, a revised application (20/04760/EFUL) has been submitted for the redevelopment of the former Bath Press site, an early 20th century ‘Non-Designated Heritage Asset’ of local significance. A housing scheme was permitted in 2016. This was followed by the demolition of the Bath Press and stabilisation of the…
A planning application (20/03255/FUL) for the erection of a 23.4m monopole at Larkhall Sports Club was permitted by Planning Committee on 10th February. Councillors acknowledged the visual impact to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Green Belt, however a slimmed down monopole design was felt to be an improvement and less visually invasive. Councillors…
We are specifically concerned that unlike some of the recent changes to permitted development, this consultation proposes that a new permitted development right to change use from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to residential (C3) would apply in conservation areas. Diversity is critical to the vitality and vibrancy of historic towns and shopping streets….
