Whsmith, 6 - 7 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RT
Proposal
Display of 2no non-illuminated fascia sign, 1no other sign to include vinyl letters to a timber fascia
- Received
- 2 June 2025
- Decided
- 5 September 2025 · CONSENT
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Kingsmead
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- ReceivedSubmitted2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date8 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Sep
Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)
This is an advertising consent application at Whsmith, 6 - 7 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RT. Bath has handled 214 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 69 days. This one was decided in 95 days, 4 weeks longer than Bath's median. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 350 applications across Kingsmead. We hold 2,250 applications in total for the BA1 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Oct
Internal works for decommissioning of the existing boiler plant, indirect calorifier and landlords wet…
WithdrawnListed building consent25/04027/LBA - 202510 Jun
External alterations to replace existing external signage with new branding
ApprovedListed building consent25/02278/LBA - 202425 Sep
Minor internal and external alterations to second and third floors of existing office building.
ApprovedListed building consent24/03606/LBA
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: 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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