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Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QH

23/03135/LBAListed Building Consent (Alts/exts)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 15 January 2024

Council decision: CONSENTDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to vaults to undertake repairs to masonry.

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kingsmead
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Assembly Rooms , Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QH. Bath has handled 874 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 354 applications across Kingsmead. We hold 2,335 applications in total for the BA1 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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

Postcode
BA1 2QH
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alts/exts)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2023
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Consultation start
15 September 2023
Consultation end
6 October 2023
Target decision date
18 October 2023
Decision issued
18 January 2024
Permission expires
18 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Fergus Connolly Unit 59, Spike Island Arts Centre 133 Cumberland Road Bristol BS1 6UX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 September 2023
Site notice start
1 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12237675
UPRN
100121171034
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    29 Jan

    Discharge of condition 3 of application 23/03135/LBA

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions24/00350/CONDLB
  2. 2023
    23 Aug

    Internal and external alterations to vaults to undertake repairs to masonry.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/03135/LBA

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 May

    Variation of condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) of application 23/04801/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01912/VAR
  2. 2026
    30 Jan

    External works to transform the exterior spaces into welcoming landscaped spaces including planted areas…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00378/LBA
  3. 2025
    20 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Mortar Mix) of application 22/05055/REG13

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04491/CONDLB
  4. 2025
    13 Aug

    Graphic treatment to temporary hoardings and in 3 no. doorways for duration of construction works

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/03206/AR
  5. 2025
    27 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Noise Impact Assessment) and 5 (Construction Management Plan) of application…

    Condition Discharged/ObligationDischarge of conditions25/00775/COND
  6. 2025
    19 Feb

    Variation of condition 4 (Odour Impact Assessment (Pre-Commencement) of application 23/04801/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/00658/VAR

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