The owners of The Charlcombe Inn on Lansdown have won permission to build a detached block to create four more B&B guest bedrooms.
The Charlcombe Inn in Bath | Image © Google Street View / Google 2024
The application was submitted to Bath & North East Somerset Council by Heartstone Inns.
The pub at Lansdown Road was formerly known as The Blathwayt Arms. It underwent a refurbishment during lockdown and reopened as The Charlcombe Inn.
The main building contains the bar, restaurant, two guest bedrooms and staff accommodation. To the north west of the car park there is a converted stable building and a detached bedroom block which together contain eight guest rooms.
Given the success of the existing B&B accommodation, the company submitted plans to extend this side of the business by adding six more bedrooms.
Two will be created by converting the garden room restaurant at the rear of the main building, for which planning permission is not required.
A further four double ensuite guest rooms were proposed in a new block to be built next to the southern boundary of the site on what is currently a patio area.
Each bedroom will have a landscaped seating area within the paved courtyard.
The building will also contain a laundry store/plant room.
There will be cycle storage provided for guests.
In its application the pub said it is well used by people attending the nearby racecourse and the existing rooms have extremely high occupancy rates, with many potential guests are turned away when the rooms are all booked.
Charlcombe Parish Council supported the plans.
