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Council Cleansing Depot, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset

24/03168/REG03Regulation 3 ApplicationApproved

Approved on 10 April 2025

Council decision: PERMITPlanning committee22 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing street cleansing depot and 24-hour car park ancillary to the adjacent VW Dealership to retained street cleansing depot with a new Recycling Centre and adjacent customer parking / drop off area with associated operational development including: alteration of vehicular access; new pedestrian / cycle access; landscaping; and drainage works.

Received
20 August 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Newbridge
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 233 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Council Cleansing Depot, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,. Bath has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 233 days, 26 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Newbridge.

97% of all 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
Regulation 3 Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2024
Consultation expiry
11 March 2025
Consultation start
27 March 2025
Consultation end
11 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2025
Target decision date
10 April 2025
Permission expires
10 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Chris Beaver Spaces Northgate House Upper Borough Walls High Street Bath BA1 1RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
233 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2024
Site notice start
30 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13339199
UPRN
100121171728
Documents
130

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Bath
  • World Heritage Site: City of Bath

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, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to application 24/03168/REG03

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment26/04225/NMA
  2. 2026
    27 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3, 7, 9, 13 and 20 of application 24/03168/REG03

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/04154/COND
  3. 2026
    12 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to application 24/03168/REG03

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/03944/NMA
  4. 2025
    24 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 2 (Detailed Arboricultural Method Statement (Pre-Commencement)), 5 (Archaeology…

    Condition Discharged/ObligationDischarge of conditions25/04510/COND
  5. 2025
    18 Jul

    Non Material Amendment to application 24/03168/REG03

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment25/02868/NMA
  6. 2025
    23 Apr

    Non Material Amendment to application 24/03168/REG03

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment25/01593/NMA
  7. 2024
    20 Aug

    Change of use of existing street cleansing depot and 24-hour car park ancillary to the adjacent VW Dealership…

    This applicationApprovedOther24/03168/REG03

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