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Old Somerset And Dorset Railway Bridge, Bellotts Road, Twerton, Bath

15/03991/DLPAOPrior Notification Local/Private Act/OrdApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 February 2016

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Approval for the removal and reconstruction of the central span of the existing bridge, in connection with the electrification of the Great Western Main Line (S&D Intersect Overbridge MLN1 108M 09Ch)

Received
3 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westmoreland
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Feb
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Old Somerset And Dorset Railway Bridge, Bellotts Road, Twerton, Bath,. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Westmoreland.

86% of outline applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Notification Local/Private Act/Ord
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2015
Consultation expiry
29 February 2016
Consultation start
8 February 2016
Consultation end
29 February 2016
Neighbour consultation start
8 February 2016
Target decision date
24 December 2015
Permission expires
8 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 September 2015
Site notice start
10 September 2015

Additional information

UPRN
010023109856
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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