There are plans to convert three floors of vacant offices in a Georgian townhouse into holiday accommodation.
The premises on North Parade
Six bedrooms, each with ensuites, are planned over the first, second and third floors of Grade II* listed 6 North Parade which is on the corner of Pierrepont Street in the city centre. The ground-floor retail unit will be retained.
Brahamos Limited has applied to Bath & North East Somerset Council to change the use and for listed building consent for the property, which dates from 1740 and is accredited to John Wood the Elder, forming part of his uncompleted scheme for Abbey Orchard.
A marketing statement notes that current market conditions in Bath no longer support demand for this type of office accommodation, and it is not viable to refurbish or re-let the offices, which have been empty for more than two years.
The application says that internal alterations can be carried out without any loss of historic fabric and the proposals bring back into use “an attractive but sadly redundant” property.
It notes that the central location means it is accessible via public transport and that there is parking nearby, “removing the need for on-site parking provision”.
The planning reference is 25/04567/FUL and the deadline for comments is 17th January.
