Police in new accomodation

We know that the rumours are rife in the community regarding the Police relocating part of their operations to the Lower Bristol Road after selling their Police headquarters at Manvers Street to the University of Bath.

We are trying to get confirmation from various sources of the Police taking on the other half of the Former Herman Miller building next door to the new Lidl that is being developed.

We would be pleased as would many of the residents in the community if the Police were to take on this part of the building and would be keen to support the Police in such a move.

We will of course publish any information that we receive confirming this news.

It would be good to get this whole site cleared up and leave a nice clean acceptable entrance to our world Heritage site.

by Sarah Moore

Bath Press site public consultation

We know that local residents are aware that there is a potential planning application pending for the Bath Press site on the Lower Bristol Road.

The process has been so far that the owners of the site have had pre-application talks with the Council including local councillors being asked their opinion.

The owners of the site are now about to engage with local residents neighbouring the site on their plans for any development.

This will be followed by a public exhibition on 29th October from 2pm to 8pm at Oldfield Park Baptist Church.

A flyer that will be distributed to the community by the site owners is reproduced below.

HMO Planning application Priddy Close

We have a planning application for a house of multiple occupation that is listed below.

An objection will be made to this application and will be reported on this blog.

We would encourage residents with an interest to make their comments on this application.

Ward:               Westmoreland                           App Ref:           14/04390/FUL

Parish:             N/A

Registered:       23rd September 2014                            Expiry Date:     18th November 2014

Location:          17 Priddy Close Twerton Bath Bath And North East Somerset BA2 1BT 

Grid Ref:          (E)372986 - (N)164423                            LB Grade:         N/A

Proposal:         Change of use from 3 bed dwelling (Use Class C3) to 4 bed HMO (House in multiple occupation, Use Class C4).

Officer:             Heather Faulkner

Applicant:        Ms Claire Jones	Agent:    No Agent
42 Corston View Bath Somerset BA2 2PL United Kingdom

Oldfield Park Railway Station

Councillor Sharon Ball and I attended an event held at Oldfield Park Baptist Church this evening to talk with various people from Network Rail, First Great Western and the Council about plans for Oldfield Park Railway Station including the works involved in the electrification.

The teams were also keen to hear from residents about what they want for the area.

We raised a number of concerns included increases in parked vehicles on local roads and the option of access to the station from the opposite end of the platforms.

We also went for a walk around the area to discuss the conditions on the site and got agreement from the Network Rail representative to help get this mess cleared up down the lane and also get the vegetation cut right back to make the lane a brighter route to walk.

We will keep you informed for any developments as we hear about them, however, in the meantime if you have any concerns or want to discuss anything with us, please do get in touch.




by Sarah Moore

Former Herman Miller Building

It is really good to see the progress on this site with the Lidl development speeding ahead. It is also good to have confirmation that Lidl will open in February.

Many people have been asking us what is going to happen to the other part of the building and why it is not being developed with the rest of the building.

The answer to the above is quite simple and is that the site is owned by two different owners who both have different ideas for the use of the building.

The part of the building that is not owned by Lidl has been causing us some concern so we have been making enquiries that has turned up some interesting information.

Although due to commercial sensitivity we can not reveal exactly what will happen to this part of the building,what we can reveal is that advanced negotiations have been taking place between the owner of the site and a potential user.

We would hope that we would be able to reveal the information about who may use this part of the building in the next few weeks and will do so on this blog.

Free Apple Tree for your garden ( westmoreland residents only )

We've teamed up with More Trees for BANES to offer residents of Westmoreland a free apple tree to plant in your garden.  Various types available, but supplies are limited, so please contact them now to register your interest:

www.moretreesbanes.org

moretreesbanes@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/moretreesbanes

07739 737274

Lansdown View / King Georges Road Housing

We are pleased for residents of Lansdown View who through a lot of effort were able to persuade a planning inspector to reject an appeal by Curo to build 21 Houses on a piece of land behind their homes.

We however expect that another planning application will come in shortly on this site to build homes although we would not expect to see the numbers in the application recently rejected.

We will publish further details of any application on this site as soon as we know of one.