Eastern Sports Field, Sports Training Village, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset

25/03757/EFULFull Application with an EIA attachedApproved

Full

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee21 conditions

Proposal

Full planning application for the delivery of student accommodation with associated vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access, internal highways, car parking (including reconfiguration of an existing parking area), cycle parking, green and blue infrastructure (including drainage features and soft landscape planting), hard landscaping, boundary treatment, new and replacement external lighting, ancillary infrastructure (including storage, substations, pumping stations, photovoltaic panels, and internal and external plant), ground remodelling, and two padel courts

Received: 26 September 2025
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Ward: Bathwick

ReceivedReceived26 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation21 Mar
TargetTarget Date17 Apr
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 296 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Eastern Sports Field, Sports Training Village, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 308 days, 37 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 218 applications across Bathwick.

86% of outline 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: Full Application with an EIA attached
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 21 March 2026
Consultation start: 2 April 2026
Consultation end: 21 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 2 April 2026
Target decision date: 17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: C/o Mark Rose Unit 6 133-137 Newhall Street Birmingham West Midlands (Met County) B3 3QR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 191 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 February 2026
Site notice start: 19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13823695
UPRN: 010091549281

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

World Heritage Site: City of Bath
National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2024
31 Jan
Discharge of condition 2 of application 22/04720/FUL
Condition Discharged/ObligationDischarge of conditions24/00379/COND

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