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

23/04801/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 November 2024

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment and alterations in support of visitor experience and continued events use. Works include: access improvements including new public stair and lift adjacent to principal entrance. Single storey extension to north east corner to accommodate new escape stair and lift. Installation of improved services and sustainable infrastructure, including external air source heat pump units. Removal and alteration of 20th century internal partitions, including reordered interior, improved WC provision, acoustic and fire separation to floors. Improvements to environmental performance, including slimline double glazing and ceiling insulation.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kingsmead
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 310 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Assembly Rooms , Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QH. Bath has handled 2,088 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 39 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.

92% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 March 2024
Consultation start
21 February 2024
Consultation end
13 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2024
Target decision date
28 February 2024
Decision issued
11 November 2024
Permission expires
11 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Charles Wellingham Unit 58 Spike Island Arts Centre 133 Cumberland Road Bristol BS1 6UX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 January 2024
Site notice start
25 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12690627
UPRN
100121171034
Documents
149

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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 May

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

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01912/VAR
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

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

    Condition Discharged/ObligationDischarge of conditions25/00775/COND
  3. 2025
    19 Feb

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

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/00658/VAR
  4. 2023
    22 Dec

    Refurbishment and alterations in support of visitor experience and continued events use. Works include…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/04801/FUL
  5. 2023
    22 Dec

    Refurbishment and alterations in support of visitor experience and continued events use. Works include…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/04802/LBA

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Jan

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

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00378/LBA
  2. 2025
    20 Nov

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04491/CONDLB
  3. 2025
    13 Aug

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

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/03206/AR
  4. 2024
    12 Jul

    Internal and external alterations to include alterations to main entrance lobby and elevation, updated design…

    ApprovedListed building consent24/02632/LBA
  5. 2024
    12 Jul

    Internal and external alterations to include alterations to main entrance lobby and elevation, updated design…

    ApprovedFull Application24/02631/FUL
  6. 2024
    29 Jan

    Discharge of condition 3 of application 23/03135/LBA

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions24/00350/CONDLB

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