Bath City-Wide Character Appraisal
Supplementary Planning Document
About the document
The
Bath city-wide character appraisal is a Supplementary Planning
Document that has been prepared to help residents, businesses,
developers, agents, amenity , planners, decision makers, visitors
and the local community in understanding the character of the city,
its setting and its component parts when considering the future
management of change within Bath.
The Bath city-wide character appraisal gives an understanding of
what makes Bath distinctive by considering its character and
significance. It provides guidance to enable future proposals for
change and opportunities for enhancement, preservation and
innovation within Bath to be considered in relation to Bath's
city-wide character.
The Bath city-wide character appraisal reviews the historical
development of key elements that contribute to Bath's character
variations across the area of the city and its immediate environs,
and provides a summary of the issues that affect Bath's
character.
Bath has evolved over time in response to political, social and
economic conditions and continues to evolve to this day. The
cumulative effect of these changes has created the distinctive
character of Bath which is so valued by residents and visitors
alike. An understanding of this character is fundamental to
informing any changes and in achieving good design that continues
to maintain and enhance the character of Bath.
Public consultation
Public consultation on the Bath city-wide character appraisal as
a Supplementary Planning Document took place between 20 June and 18
July 2005.
- Consultation information flyers were sent to all Bath and North
East Somerset councillors and the Parish Council’s bordering Bath,
as well as other key stakeholders informing them of the
consultation period, and where to view or obtain copies of the Bath
city-wide character appraisal.
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- Consultation information flyers were sent to a wide variety of
interest groups.
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- Consultation information flyers were distributed to the Bath
business community through Business West (400
leaflets).
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- Presentation given to Bath South Area Planning Committee,
Tuesday 14 June 2005, and 380 flyers were subsequently posted to
the committee’s mailing list contacts.
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- Presentation was given to Planning Services staff, 6 July
2005.
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- Open meeting at Bath Royal Literary & Scientific
institution on Tuesday 12 July 2005.
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- 1,000 flyers were initially produced, and a reprint of a
further 1,000 was required. Approximately 1, 750 were
distributed. 150 copies of the full (black & white)
appraisal were printed and distributed.
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- Copies of the Bath city-wide character appraisal and leaflets
were distributed to all libraries throughout the district and to
main Council Offices.
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- Specific Web pages were posted (including the full downloadable
document) and made available during and after the consultation
period. These were also advertised on the Council intranet
home page.
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- A Press release was issued. The Bath Chronicle ran a full
page article on Wednesday June 22 2005 including full details of
how to comment.
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36 individual responses were received, which can be broken down
into approximately 300 comments. All comments were summarised point
by point and a response and action sheet prepared.
The document 'Statement of Community Involvement' sets out how
the consultation was carried out and presents the comments received
during the consultation. This document was sent to all people who
commented on the SPD. It can be downloaded from the link on the
right side of this page.
The published document
The Bath city-wide character appraisal was adopted as a
Supplementary Planning Document on 31 August 2005. The Adoption
Statement can be seen on this website
here.
The text of the
Bath city-wide character appraisal is published on this
website. A pdf version and the maps will be made available as
soon as possible.
If you have problems please contact Andrew
Sharland on 01225 477589 or Andrew_Sharland@bathnes.gov.uk
