A scheme for nine homes on a green hillside site has been resubmitted. The previous application was dismissed at appeal due to harm to biodiversity. As part of the resubmitted proposals, the northern section of the site would be included in the scheme and maintained as scrubland habitat. We maintain an in-principle objection to this…
New plans (see planning applications 21/00695/LBA & 21/00692/VAR) have come forward for the conversion of the Old King Edward’s School into a hotel with ground floor restaurant and bar use, with associated material changes to the interior. These are the latest in a string of planning consents for the building’s change of use since 2010….
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….
A planning application (20/03255/FUL) for the erection of a 23.4m monopole at Larkhall Sports Club was permitted by Planning Committee on 10th February. Councillors acknowledged the visual impact to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Green Belt, however a slimmed down monopole design was felt to be an improvement and less visually invasive. Councillors…
The Trust has responded to the public consultation for the proposed implementation of security measures within Bath’s city centre. Proposals focus on the restriction of vehicle access at busy times for pedestrian safety, as part of a wider package of measures to address increasing concerns of terrorist threats in the UK. The consultation documentation can…
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…
As part of the temporary vehicle restrictions to Kingsmead Square, two parklets and associated bicycle parking have been temporarily installed in parking bays, informed by the September 2019 trial scheme. The parklets incorporate seating and planting to reclaim the square’s pedestrian character whilst facilitating social-distancing. The scheme has installed two further parklets in designated parking…
Proposals have been consented for the relocation of Toppings bookshop and associated alterations to the Grade II listed Friends’ Meeting House on York Street. The historic has been vacant for a long time, and the Trust welcomed the prospect of bringing it back into use. We undertook a site visit and pre-application consultation with the…
The Trust has responded to proposals for the redevelopment of the Dick Lovett BMW and MINI dealerships to provide 343 Build to Rent residential apartments, 335 Purpose-Built Student Accommodation studios and cluster rooms, and 727m2 of commercial space along Lower Bristol Road. Full plans for application 20/03071/EFUL can be accessed online via the planning portal…
The Trust’s updated comments on revisions to the Bath Quay North outline application for the redevelopment of the Avon Street Car Park site. Proposals include: Increased maximum building heights mitigated by setting back massing of upper storey levels away from building perimeters. The widening of public realm spaces and routes through the site, with the…
