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Category: Major development site

Home Archive by Category "Major development site" (Page 2)

Our final response to Homebase proposals

March 6, 2020Bath Preservation TrustHomebase, Major development site, News

We are pleased to announce that our final response regarding the scheme for Homebase is now available on our website. You can read our objection in full here. Whilst the Trust feels that the proposed layout and permeability of the site has improved, we objected to the scale, design, use of materials, and lack of affordable or mixed housing.

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Our final response to Twerton Park proposals

September 19, 2019Bath Preservation TrustMajor development site, News, Twerton Park

We are pleased to announce that our final response regarding the scheme for Twerton Park Football Club is now available on our website. You can read our comment in full here. Whilst we support the enactment of redevelopment and regeneration in this area of Bath, we were unable to fully support the proposal due to issues…

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Update on the Recreation Ground, Stadium for Bath

July 31, 2019Bath Preservation TrustThe Recreation Ground

Bath Rugby recently filed a scoping application https://bit.ly/2ZyCKgh for the Environmental Impact Assessment which they will be required to submit with their substantive planning application. This suggests that they are on track to submit a planning application in the foreseeable future. Bath Rugby have been consultative and open in their approach to Bath Preservation Trust…

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Our response to Twerton Park proposals

May 1, 2019Bath Preservation TrustMajor development site, Twerton Park

We have been pleased to have been consulted on pre-application plans for the redevelopment of Twerton Park Football Club and have responded in detail to the project team.  You can read our responses here and  here.  In general we support the redevelopment and regeneration of this part of Twerton High Street but have some concerns…

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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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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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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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Judicial Review – pre-action letter sent to B&NES

November 13, 2018Bath Preservation TrustCricket Club, News

Update November 10: Bath Preservation Trust has sent a pre-action letter to B&NES relating to the proposed judicial review of B&NES decision to grant planning permission for the development of a 136 bed student accommodation and cricket club facilities at the Bath Cricket Club (reference 17/04338/FUL).  We hope that BANES will consider carefully whether to…

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Cricket Club Judicial Review – latest news

October 16, 2018Bath Preservation TrustCricket Club, Major development site, News, Uncategorized

Bath and North East Somerset Council has now issued a decision notice granting planning permission for the Cricket Club student housing development. As you will be aware, BPT believes the decision by B&NES Development Management Committee (against officer recommendation) was flawed (read our response) and will be taking legal advice about proceeding with a Judicial…

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