The Trust has released its Planning Update for April 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 April 2021 here.
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….
Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) has been awarded £192,200 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future. Covid-19 has caused the most serious threat to BPT’s existence since its foundation in 1934. The loss of income from the closure of…
After more than thirteen outstanding years as Chief Executive of Bath Preservation Trust, and in the last year staying on to see the Trust through the toughest days of the COVID impact, Caroline Kay has decided to step down later this spring. Caroline has worked tirelessly for the Trust and she leaves the Trust in…
We are pleased to share a 9-minute video reviewing the past year, and looking forward to the future. Please note that this was recorded before the most recent Christmas travel changes were put in place. From everyone at the Trust, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The Planning for the Future White Paper proposes dramatic changes to the planning system and has given rise to serious concerns across many sectors. This is our full response submitted to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government at the end of October. While the stated aims of the White Paper should be outcomes…
We are pleased to announce the Trust’s continued involvement in this year’s World Heritage Day, which is holding its first digital event online on Saturday 18th April! This year’s event is all about Bath as a centre for healing, health, and wellbeing, from the ancient Roman Baths to 21st century spa treatments right at the heart of…
We’re pleased to announce that, despite current circumstances, our Spring issue of Bath Matters 2020 has now been published in an e-format, and is available online! Our planning and campaigning work remains ongoing, and you can read about our recent responses to planning applications, as well as our exciting upcoming tours and walks for our members…
It is with much excitement that we can finally announce that our ongoing programme of historic street sign conservation, enabled by the Bath World Heritage Enhancement Fund, has jointly won the Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2019. Additional congratulations are extended to our fellow winners Harrison Brooks architects and PERA for their work reinstating overthrow lighting on the…
Bath Preservation Trust is pleased to be working with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South West to offer monthly Saturday advice surgeries with a local qualified architect from Chartered Practice. Have you an architectural project you’d like to discuss informally with an impartial expert? Feeling daunted or not sure how to start? ‘RIBA Ask…
