June Planning Update
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for June 2022 here.
BPT Responds to Public Consultation For Up to Additional 300 Homes on Sulis Down Plateau
BPT has responded to the public consultation for Phases 3 & 4 of the development at Sulis Down, proposing up to an additional 300 homes. Phase 1 has already been permitted for 171 homes, which are currently in delivery. We maintain concerns regarding the continued development ‘creep’ of this site without a comprehensive, site-wide masterplan,…
BPT Renews Call Against Unjustified Harm to Heritage in Resubmitted Plans for Former Bath Press
Following refusal at Planning Committee, new plans have been resubmitted for the former Bath Press site. The scheme continues to propose over 270 dwellings across the site, along with new commercial space along Lower Bristol Road. BPT continues to welcome the long-overdue development of this brownfield site. We are pleased to see that the applicant…
BPT Responds to Latest Design Revisions to Bath Quays North Scheme
BPT has responded to the latest revised plans for the Bath Quays North Scheme (application 20/04965/ERES). The design has been amended to introduce more variety in the elevations of the building plots, particularly as viewed as part of the riverside. A stronger vertical emphasis has been introduced to ‘break up’ the strong horizontal line of…
Homebase Appeal Allowed, Benefits of Development would ‘Substantially Outweigh’ Harm to the World Heritage Site
As of 2nd September, the appeal for a proposed care community on the Homebase site has been allowed. You can read the full appeal decision notice here. Application 20/00259/FUL was originally refused at Planning Committee on grounds of poor design due to scale, height, bulk and massing and inappropriate materials with resulting harm to the…
5G Monopole Approved in the Conservation Area
BPT has responded to an increasing number of applications for telecommunications masts and 5G upgrades around Bath. This latest prior approval application is for a 20m high ‘slimline’ monopole on Locksbrook Road within the conservation area. BPT continues to acknowledge the benefits of 5G upgrades and connectivity, and based on the proposed light industrial character…
BPT Maintains Opposition Against Purpose-Built Student Accommodation on Hollis Building Site
A resubmitted application for the redevelopment of the Hollis Building site on Lower Bristol Road to provide 120 units of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) over a new storage & distribution facility. A previous scheme was refused in 2020, to which BPT objected on grounds of the unjustified provision of further student housing, and the…
Refused Scheme for Homebase Site Goes to Appeal
Revised plans for the redevelopment of the Homebase site on Pines Way to provide a new care community with mixed communal, office, commercial, and childcare facilities were refused at Planning Committee in December 2020. The application was refused on grounds of excessive height, bulk and massing within the World Heritage Site, use of inappropriate materials,…
Revised Plans for Former Bath Press Site Risks Unbalanced Harm to Heritage, Says BPT
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…
BPT Responds to ‘Reserved Matters’ Application for Bath Quays North
A reserved matters planning application (20/04965/ERES) has been submitted for the proposed Bath Quays North development on the site of the Avon Street car park. The application is for detail of the proposed appearance, materials, scale, and landscaping on the site. The Trust remains supportive of the intention to regenerate and repair this city centre site…