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4 - 5 Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SQ

25/04790/LBAListed Building Consent (Alts/exts)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Consent9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from offices to almshouse accommodation with associated internal and external works. Internal and external works for Removal of 1930s rear extension and restoration of rear facade. Formation of new gate and garden works.

Received
15 December 2025
Ward
Kingsmead
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 136 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a rear extension at 4 - 5 Chapel Court, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SQ. Bath has handled 874 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 13 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. 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 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 1SQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alts/exts)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o Ms Jessica Glover 4/5 College Green Bristol Bristol BS1 5TF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 January 2026
Site notice start
28 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14516786
UPRN
100121170209

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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