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…
BPT notes the news story about a sale of the Min and looks forward to any formal announcement from either vendor or purchaser. We intend to continue to take an active interest the Min and how its future will be determined. BPT last week heard that, disappointingly, our application to have the Min registered as…
Following the accident on to the Cleveland Bridge toll house, Bath Preservation Trust is keen to hear how this important Grade II* listed structure, designed by Goodridge, architect of Beckford’s Tower as well as Cleveland Bridge, is to be appropriately restored and repaired. There cannot be the unacceptable 18 month delays which we saw with…
B&NES Council has finally made the right decision in relation to a proposed Park and Ride on Bathampton Meadows. We regret that so much time, money and energy has been spent in developing a scheme which was so harmful and would have brought so few benefits, but the decision is better taken now, when no…
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listed building applications for alterations to listed bridges in B&NES (Pixash Bridge and Clay Lane bridge) have been withdrawn.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…
A Charity can be a great Business, too! No.1 Royal Crescent won the Leisure and Tourism Business of the Year award at the Bath Chronicle Business Awards (11 September), proving that you don’t have to be a corporate business to be competitive. In this popular category were businesses of all sizes including hotels and festival…
Top of the class! Polly Andrews, Education Officer for Bath Preservation Trust, has taken the education programme offered at No 1 Royal Crescent to new heights by winning a prestigious Sandford Award. Ratified by the Heritage Education Trust, these national awards recognise quality and excellence in the education service at an historic site. The Sandford…
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…
