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Fishponds Cottage, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD

26/03635/FULFull ApplicationPending Decision
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Proposal

Temporary change of use for Fishponds Cottage, from C3 domestic cottage to Use Class E (offices) from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2027 (Extension of existing permission 24/03589/FUL).

Received
1 October 2026
Ward
Widcombe And Lyncombe
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Bath97% of full application applications approved

This is a planning application for a change of use at Fishponds Cottage , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD. Bath has handled 393 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. It was submitted on 1 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Widcombe And Lyncombe. We hold 3,348 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/03635/FUL
Address
Fishponds Cottage , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Postcode
BA2 6BD
Local Authority
Bath
Application Type
Full Application
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Pending Consideration
Ward
Widcombe And Lyncombe

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 September 2026
Date Validated
1 October 2026
Date Submitted
1 October 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.369240, -2.343564
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bath

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Oct

    Temporary change of use for Fishponds Cottage, from C3 domestic cottage to Use Class E (offices) from 1st…

    This applicationPendingFull Application26/03635/FUL
  2. 2024
    23 Sep

    Temporary change of use for Fishponds Cottage, from C3 domestic cottage to Use Class E (offices) from 1st…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of24/03589/FUL

Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Bath
  • Listed building: Grade II: Fishpond CottageOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Bath and North East Somerset
  • World Heritage Site: City of Bath
  • Registered park and garden: Prior Park
  • 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 (16)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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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