A womenswear brand hopes to open a new shop in the centre of Bath.
The two shops currently vacant on New Bond Street | Image © Google
Bath shoppers will know Mint Velvet from Jolly’s department store but the womenswear boutique now has plans for a shop of its own in Bath, just around the corner on New Bond Street.
A planning application was submitted last week to take over two neighbouring vacant storefronts on the street and combine them into a large Mint Velvet store.
The shops are Grade II listed and part of a Georgian terrace.
In the application, interior designers StudioJill said: “All works are intended to involve the minimum intervention and to be reversible in the future, allowing the building to evolve and maintain the possibility of new uses or layouts within the context of its listed status.
“The proposal does not detract from the character or setting of the building and the proposal respects and enhances the original architecture, scale, materials and colour, detailing and other significant features of the building.”
They added: “It is acknowledged that the most effective way to secure the future of an historic building is to find a suitable beneficial use for that building.”
The shops were previously occupied by fellow women’s retailer Karen Millen, which closed its Bath branch in 2019, and tea shop T2.
Mint velvet was founded by three friends in 2009 and is centred around the idea of “relaxed glamour.”
Bath and North East Somerset Council will aim to make a decision on whether to grant planning permission by 2nd March.
John Wimperis, Local Democracy Reporter
