Garden Apartment, Somerset House, 1 Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AZ
Approved on 17 July 2026
Council decision: Consent1 condition
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Proposal
Installation of solar PV panels to roof of garages (Regularisation).
- Received
- 20 April 2026
- Ward
- Widcombe And Lyncombe
- ReceivedReceived20 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Garden Apartment, Somerset House, 1 Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AZ. Bath has handled 874 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Widcombe And Lyncombe. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 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
- BA2 6AZ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent (Alts/exts)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 22 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 4 Beau Street Bath BA1 1QY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14860735
- UPRN
- 010093716254
Site 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.
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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Associated applications
- 202620 Apr
Installation of solar PV panels to roof of garages (Regularisation).
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/01494/LBA - 202620 Apr
Variation of condition 3 of application 17/00279/FUL
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside26/01497/VAR - 202620 Apr
Variation of condition 2 of application 17/00280/LBA
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside26/01570/VARLB
Source: Bath
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- Simons House ElectricsElectrician0.7 mi
- A T ElectricsElectrician0.7 mi
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