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Category: World Heritage Site

Home Archive by Category "World Heritage Site" (Page 2)

Bath Preservation Trusts invites residents to share their images of life during lockdown to create unique photographic archive

April 9, 2021Bath Preservation TrustBPT Projects, Lockdown, News, Public Realm, World Heritage Site

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….

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Monopole at Larkhall Sports Club Permitted by Planning Committee

February 10, 2021Bath Preservation Trust5G, AONB/GB, News, Planning Committee, World Heritage Site

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…

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BPT Responds to Bath City Centre Security Consultation

February 4, 2021Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Public Realm, World Heritage Site

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…

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

January 26, 2021Bath 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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BPT Responds to Local Authority’s Installation of City Centre ‘Parklets’

January 26, 2021Bath Preservation TrustPublic Realm, World Heritage Site

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…

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Future of Friends’ Meeting House Secured

January 22, 2021Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Listed Building, News, World Heritage Site

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…

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Cumulative Harm to Views Across the WHS – BPT’s Objection to Dick Lovett Scheme

October 17, 2020Bath Preservation TrustConsultations, Dick Lovett, Major development site, News, World Heritage Site

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…

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Bath Preservation Trust’s Comments on Revised ‘Bath Quays North’ Development Plans

October 2, 2020Bath Preservation TrustBath Quays, Consultations, Major development site, News, World Heritage Site

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…

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Holburne Park Development to be Decided at Planning Committee

June 2, 2020Bath Preservation TrustEx-MOD sites, Holburne Park, Major development site, News, World Heritage Site

Two applications regarding the further development of the Holburne Park site on Warminster Road are to be discussed at the upcoming virtual Planning Committee on 3rd June at 2pm. This meeting will be available for public view live via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bathnescouncil The Trust has issued our statement in strong opposition to the scheme to be considered…

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BPT’s Updated Comments (with Reservations) to Revised Plans for the Royal Mineral Water Hospital

May 21, 2020Bath Preservation TrustMajor development site, News, The Royal Mineral Water Hospital, World Heritage Site

We have submitted an updated response to the revised planning application for the Royal Mineral Water Hospital. Our full comments are available on the B&NES Council website planning portal under application reference number 19/04934/LBA⁣, or can alternatively be read ⁣by clicking here. While we remain concerned about the roof level and louvred plant on the extension roof,…

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