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

23/04802/LBAListed Building Consent (Alts/exts)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 8 November 2024

Council decision: CONSENTDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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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)
Council: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Ward: Kingsmead

ReceivedReceived22 Dec
ValidatedValidated3 Jan
Consult.Consultation23 Jul
TargetTarget Date28 Feb
DecidedDecided8 Nov

Decided in 310 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension 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 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.

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: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 23 July 2024
Consultation start: 2 July 2024
Consultation end: 23 July 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

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bath
Listed building: Grade I: Assembly RoomsOn this site · +3 more
World Heritage Site: City of Bath
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bath

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