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BPT Maintains Opposition Against Purpose-Built Student Accommodation on Hollis Building Site

Bath Preservation TrustJubilee Centre, Major development site, Student Housing

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…

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Appeal Allows Redevelopment of Plumb Center as Example of “High-Quality and Innovative Industrial Architecture”

Bath Preservation TrustAppeal Decision, News, Student Housing, World Heritage Site

An appeal against the planning authority’s decision to refuse the redevelopment of the Plumb Center site to provide mixed student accommodation and light industrial space (18/05047/FUL) has been allowed. BPT objected to the scheme on grounds of (student) housing type and scale within the vernacular residential context. You can see our previous objection in full…

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