Bath Conservation Area
In a conservation area you need planning permission for more than elsewhere: knocking down most buildings, many extensions and roof changes, cladding, and some satellite dishes. Before cutting down or pruning most trees you must tell the council six weeks ahead.
- Type
- Conservation area
- Place
- Bath
- Size
- 1485 hectares
- Policy
- HE1
- Council page
- bathnes.gov.uk
- Appraisal and map
- Council plan (PDF)
Planning applications in the last year
371 applications inside the zone, newest first.
- Outside changes to a listed building: taking down unstable wall and rebuilding using salvaged stonework
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: build rear/side extensions following demolition of the existing garage and external insulation…
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: inside and outside changes: construction of fifteen new market housing apartments within existing…
- Tree work: T1: sycamore: Crown lift to 5.5m. Radial reduction of 1.5m. Shape and balance
- Build entrance, kitchen and bedroom extensions
- Tree work: T1: oak, reduce height by up to 2 metres and spread by 1.5: 2 metres all round
- Tree work: T1: western Red Cedar: Fel. lRecent increased lean over car park, huge amounts of deadwood and broken branches
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: refurbishment, restoration and extension works. Demolition of an existing single-storey closet…
- Listed building: internal work to repair modern flooring, suspended ceilings and joists following water damage
- Tree work: Prunus tree needs felling due to roots undermining nearby sewage pipes and inspection chamber
- Inside changes to a listed building: reinstatement of previously removed internal stone wall between nos.28…
- Inside changes to a listed building: to remove the door and staircase stud partition in the basement to open it out…
Listed buildings
2,241 listed buildings: 2023 at Grade II, 115 at Grade II*, 103 at Grade I.
1-10, Portland Place · 1-14 (Consec) With Area Railings · 1-17, Raby Place · 1-30 The Circus including Circus House, Bennett Street · 1-6, Widcombe Terrace · 1-7, Barton Buildings · 1-7, GREAT PULTENEY STREET (See details for further address information) · 1-8, Bath Street · 1-8, Johnstone Street · 1-9, Sion Hill Place · 1 and 2, Park Cottages · 1, Brock Street · 1, Henrietta Street · 1, South Parade · 1 To 12, Sydney Place, and Attached Railings and Gates · 1 to 21, PARAGON · 10, Bathwick Hill · 114 and 116, Walcot Street · 13, Crescent Lane · 14, North Parade · 14, South Parade · 15, Abbey Church Yard · 16-22 (Consec) and Attached Railings · 18 and 19 and Attached Railings · 19, Crescent Lane · 1a and 1-6, Wood Street · 2-18, Brock Street · 2-5, Henrietta Street · 2-6, Pierrepont Street · 2 and 2a, Abbey Green · 2 North Parade Passage · 2, Pierrepont Place · 20-35, Henrietta Street · 21-27, QUEEN SQUARE (See details for further address information) · 23-37 (Consec) and Attached Railings · 3, Kingsmead Street · 36, BROCK STREET (See details for further address information) · 37 Stall Street and Arlington House flats 10, 11, 21, 22, 32, 33 and public areas only · 4, North Parade · 40, Great Pulteney Street · 41, Gay Street · 41a, Great Pulteney Street · 42-52, Great Pulteney Street · 5, North Parade · 53-65 Great Pulteney Street and attached lamp standards to No. 59 · 6-19, Henrietta Street · 6-24 Ralph Allen Cottages and 1 Priory Cottages · 6, North Parade · 66-77, Great Pulteney Street · 7-11 Quiet Street · 7-12, North Parade · 7-13 Pierrepont Street · 7, Upper Church Street · 8-17, Argyle Street · 8-18, Norfolk Crescent · 8-20, Great Pulteney Street · 8, Upper Church Street · 9-13, South Parade · 9-15, Johnstone Street · 9-16, Bath Street · Abbey Cemetery Partis Tomb · Abbey Cemetery Williams Tomb · Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul · Archway · Assembly Rooms · Bath District Register Office · Bath Spa Station · Bathwick Grange · Bathwick Hill House · Bathwick Lodge · Beau Nash'S House, With Railings · Beckford'S Tower With Attached Wall and Railings · Bloomfield Crescent Nos. 1-7 (Consec) Including Gate Piers · Bridge in Sydney Gardens · Bridge Over Railway · Bridge Over Railway in Sydney Gardens · Casa Bianca and La Casetta · Chandos House · Christian Centre · Church of St Mary · Church of St Michael · Church of St Michael and All Angels · Church of St Paul, With West Wing · Church of St Saviour · Church of St Stephen · Church of St Swithin · Church of St Thomas A Becket · Cleveland Baths · Cleveland Bridge and Four Former Toll Houses · Cleveland House · Compass Abbey Hotel (Part) · Compass Abbey Hotel (Part) · Countess of Huntingdon'S Chapel Including Chapel House · Cumberland House · Delia'S Grotto in Garden of No. 14 · Doric House and Attached Wall · Dovecot To Manor Farm, With Terrace Walling · East Gate · East Wing and Porte Cochere · Elim Pentecostal Church · Elton House · Eyre Chantry (Roman Catholic Chapel), Perrymead Cemetery · Fiesole (Youth Hostel) · Footbridge Over Canal in Sydney Gardens · Forecourt Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Overthrows To the Chapel · Former St John's Hospital (including Chapel Court House) · Fountain at Widcombe Manor House · Gate Piers, Gates and Boundary Walls To South of Widcombe Manor · General Joseph Smith Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard · General Wade'S House · General Wolfe'S House, With Railings · George'S Hotel · Georgian House and Attached Railings · Gothic Temple in Grounds of Rainbow Wood · Grand Pump Room · Grosvenor House · Guildhall · High Pavement and Railings Fronting Nos 1 To 10 · Jupiter Statue in the Botanical Gardens · Kennet and Avon Canal Tunnel (Under Beckford Road) · Kennet and Avon Canal Tunnel (Under Cleveland House and Sydney Road) · King Edward'S School · King'S Bath · Kirkness House and Attached Piers, Railings and Lamp Standards · Lansdown Cemetery, Entrance Gates, Piers and Walls · Linley House · Lodge of Partis College · Lyncombe House · Medieval City Wall, With Burial Ground · Mortuary Chapel in Abbey Cemetery · Museum Shop, Formerly Concert Room · No. 1 and Attached Railings · No. 1 With Railings · No. 14 and Attached Railings, Crane and Overthrow · No 18, Queen Square · No. 1a Including A Flight of Steps Below To the Right and 3 Bollards · No. 1a With Railings · No. 2 and Attached Railings · No. 2 With Railings · No. 20 and Attached Garden Walls, Balustrade and Gate Piers · No. 3 With Railings · No. 39 Bailbrook House · No. 4 ('Alfred Hopkins House') With Railings · North Colonnade at Grand Pump Room · North Parade House · Nos 1-15 (Consec) and Attached Railings · Nos. 1, 2 and 3 · Nos 1-20 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Overthrows · Nos. 1-30, ROYAL CRESCENT · Nos. 1-41 and Attached Area Railings · Nos. 1-7 (Consec) With Railings · Nos. 1 and 2 and Attached Steps and Railings · Nos. 10, 11, and 12 · Nos. 12 and 13 and Attached Railings · Nos. 14 and 15 and Attached Railings · Nos. 14 and 15 the Grapes (No. 14) · Nos. 18-30 (Consec) With Attached Railings · Nos. 18a, 19 and 20 and Attached Railings · Nos. 2-17 (Consec) With Attached Railings · Nos. 21-27 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Gates · Nos. 28-31 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Gates · Nos. 3-13 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Overthrows · Nos. 3, 4 and 5 and Attached Railings · Nos. 32-34 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Gates · Nos. 34, 35 and 36, STALL STREET · Nos. 35-39 (Consec) and Attached Railings and Gates · Nos. 38-45 (Consec) and Attached Railings · Nos. 5-11 (Consec) Francis Hotel · Nos 5-20 (Consec) and Attached Wall and Railings · Nos. 6-11(Consec) and Attached Railings · Nos. 6-21 and Attached Railings and Vaults · Nos. 7, 8 and 9 · Nos. 93-103 (Consec) Including No 93a and Attached Forecourt and Railings · Oakwood and Bathwick Tower · Obelisk · Obelisk · Octagon Chapel (Royal Photographic Society) · Old Royal Baths · Palladian Bridge in Grounds of Prior Park · Partis College · Pratt'S Hotel · Prior Park College: the Mansion With Link Arcades · Pulteney Bridge · Rear-Admiral Philip Affleck Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard · Retaining Wall and Balustrade West of Railway Line · Retaining Wall East of Railway Line · Roman Baths Museum · Roman Catholic Church of St John · Rosewell House · Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases and Royal Mineral Water Hospital, With Railings · Sally Lunn's House · Shops Nos 1 To 8 (Consec) · Shops Nos 9 To 17 (Consec) · Somersetshire Buildings · South Colonnade at Grand Pump Room · St James' Viaduct (MLN110705) · St James'S Portico · Summerhill and Attached Balustrades · Sydney Gardens Footbridge (MLN110614) · Terrace Balustrade To Forecourt, Widcombe Manor · The Cross Bath · The Garden House With Attached Boundary Walls · The Gymnasium To North of North Road · The Holburne Museum · The Huntsman Public House · The Priory · The Ralph Allen Town House · Theatre Royal and Former Garrick'S Head Public House · Thomas Warr Attwood Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard · Twerton Tunnel: East Entrance (Adjoining Carr'S Wood) · Twerton Tunnel: West Entrance (Adjoining Carr'S Wood) · Twerton Wood Tunnel East Portal (MLN110903) · Two Watchman'S Boxes at Holburne Museum · Victoria Art Gallery and Library · Victoria Column · Victoria Gate Approx. 35m To the East of Victoria Column · Watchman'S Box · Widcombe Manor and Cottage · 1-10, City View · 1-10, Highbury Place · 1-10, Highbury Terrace · 1-10, London Street · 1-11, Beaufort Place · 1-11, Cavendish Crescent · 1-11, Dover Place · 1-11, the Corridor · 1-12, Berkeley Place · 1-12, Chatham Row · 1-12, Darlington Street · 1-12 Marlborough Buildings · 1-12, Queen'S Parade · 1-13, Belgrave Terrace · 1-13, Lower Camden Place · 1-13, Richmond Place · 1-15, Beaufort East · 1-15, Bladud Buildings · 1-15, Brunswick Street · 1-15, Dunsford Place · 1-16, Lambridge Place · 1-16, Lansdown Place East · 1-18, Daniel Street · 1-19, Wellington Buildings · 1, 1a and 2-5, Oak Street · 1-2 Alice Park · 1,2 and 3, Byfield Buildings · 1, 2 and 3, Chapel Row · 1, 2 and 3, Devonshire Place · 1, 2 and 3 Lambridge and attached walls and gatepiers · 1, 2 and 3 Mile End · 1,2 and 3, Oxford Place · 1, 2 and 3, Perrymead Place · 1, 2 and 3, Sydney Wharf · 1, 2 and 3, Upper Lambridge Street · 1-20, Belmont · 1-20, Caroline Buildings · 1-20, Walcot Parade · 1, 3 and 5, Lyncombe Hill · 1-4, Bathwick Terrace · all listed buildings
The outline
The shaded area is the zone, from the council’s map. Check the council’s own map before relying on an exact boundary.
51.38195, -2.36602 · Open in a map
Other conservation areas: Bathampton Conservation Area, Batheaston Conservation Area, Bathford Conservation Area, Charlcombe Conservation Area, Chew Magna Conservation Area, Chew Stoke Conservation Area, Claverton Conservation Area, Combe Hay Conservation Area, Compton Martin Conservation Area, Corston Conservation Area, East Harptree Conservation Area, Englishcombe Conservation Area, Freshford Conservation Area, Hinton Blewett Conservation Area, Hinton Charterhouse Conservation Area, Kelston Conservation Area, Keynsham Conservation Area, Midsomer Norton Conservation Area, Monkton Combe Conservation Area, Newton St.Loe Conservation Area, North Stoke Conservation Area, Paulton Conservation Area, Pensford Conservation Area, Queen Charlton Conservation Area, Radstock Conservation Area, Saltford Conservation Area, South Stoke Conservation Area, Stanton Drew Conservation Area, Timsbury Conservation Area, Ubley Conservation Area, Upper Swainswick Conservation Area, Wellow Conservation Area, West Harptree Conservation Area, Woollard Conservation Area.