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4 Lime Grove, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HF

26/02811/CLEUCert of Lawfulness (Existing) 191Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

The lower two floors of the building are a 5 bed C4 HMO.The upper three floors of the building are a 7 bed Sui Generis HMO. (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Exisitng Use)

Submitted
28 July 2026
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 4 Lime Grove, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HF. Bath has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

100% of cert of lawfulness (existing) 191 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 4HF
Application type
Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) 191

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bath
  • World Heritage Site: City of 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 (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.

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.

Source: Bath

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