B&NES Council met on 4 March 2013 to agree changes to its Core Strategy to meet queries from the Planning Inspector. The Council agreed new housing numbers (12,700) and 7 sites across the district including, adjacent to Bath, the following: Odd Down/Southstoke plateau, Lower Weston and the Royal High School playing field at Lansdown (though…
The Bath Preservation Trust approached Architectural Stone Conservation students from City of Bath College and encouraged their successful submission of a conservation survey to Bath & North East Somerset Council, highlighting the work needed. After four days of cleaning and conserving the 19th Century landmark, the students were greeted by community leaders who thanked them for their…
The Bath Preservation Trust has expressed great disappointment that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has decided not to call-in the planning application on Bath’s Western Riverside, and that therefore that all the important issues raised by opponents of the scheme will not now be dealt with in a formal public enquiry….
Following the decision of the Development Control Committee of Bath and North East Somerset Council to permit, subject to various conditions, the Outline Planning Application (OPA) for the whole Western Riverside site and the detailed planning application (DPA) for the first phase, Caroline Kay, Chief Executive of the Bath Preservation Trust, said: “Bath Preservation Trust…
Developers Crest Nicholson has put forward an outline planning application for the major regeneration of 17.5 acres in the Western Riverside area of the city. For many years the site, identifiable by the gasholders, has lain derelict. Under the proposals the site will be transformed into a new residential quarter with restaurants, shops, parks and…
The Prince of Wales, BPT’s Patron, has drawn local and national attention to the impact of tall buildings on sensitive historic sites. At an address to his Foundation for the Built Environment he said: “Corporate and residential towers are being proposed across London, and overshadowing world heritage sites from Edinburgh to Bath. For some unaccountable…
Bath Preservation Trust is fighting a move from B&NES Council to include in their housing development plans a large area of school playing fields adjacent to the MOD Ensleigh site on Lansdown. The Trust’s position is that while the brownfield MOD site should be developed sensitively for housing, the playing fields, currently belonging to the…
The Abbey 2016 In December the Abbey Footprint team met with committee members and Trustees to update the Trust on the development of elements of the project. The Trust encouraged a joined up approach to interpretation working with the Mineral Hospital, the Archway Project and the Museum of Bath Architecture. We welcomed further engagement in…
