The Midland Road site was allocated for re-development in 2007 by the Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan. It forms part of Bath Western Riverside regeneration scheme. The Midland Road site of the waste depot and recycling centre received full planning approval in 2020 for new affordable and market homes.
The site will be developed by Aequus, a council owned property company which was set up to develop and deliver homes. The Aequus Group is 100% owned by B&NES and was established in 2016 to deliver housing and wider regeneration projects in areas where there is a need which has not been met by the market. Profit from housing schemes comes back to the council to be used to support council services. It is not ring fenced for housing.
Sketch of the Midland Road housing development showing rows of flats with balconies by the riverside. Click the picture to enlarge the image.
The site has full planning permission for a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bed homes for market sale and affordable housing. The site is proposing 25% of the homes will be affordable housing, 39 homes for social rent with the lowest rents and 5 homes for shared ownership where you buy an initial share and pay rent on the rest.
We want to control the housing delivery to make sure it creates high quality sustainable homes and includes affordable housing.
The site will require some initial clearance works which will take place in 2025, with housing construction expected to start in 2026.
We will share more information as the project progresses.