A planning application has been submitted to turn Tracy Park near Bath from a hotel and golf course into a private home.
The Tracy Park estate is located in Wick, near Bath
The estate at Wick, with its two championship 18-hole golf courses and Grade II listed 40-bed hotel, had been on the market earlier this year with a guide price of £12 million.
The estate, which has more than 200 acres, was the home of the Tracy family for 300 years until it was developed into a golf hotel in 1974.
It was acquired by the Shaw family in 2019 and in 2021 they revealed their hopes of turning the estate, which is in the Green Belt and Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, into one of the region’s finest four-star hotel and leisure complexes.
But in July of this year, general manager Greg Shaw broke the news to golf club members and people who had events including weddings booked that the business would be closing at the end of September.
He spoke of his family’s heartbreak at the decision, as we reported at the time.
Mr Shaw said many potential purchasers and operators had viewed the property but all leisure operators had concluded that under the planning constraints and current business model, Tracy Park was not a viable operation; however, a private individual had come forward and a sale had been agreed.
Bath firm Lord Architecture has now prepared a planning statement to accompany the planning application to South Gloucestershire Council, explaining that the estate was sold to their client in October and they wish to change the use, including all land and ancillary buildings, back to residential use for them and their family.
The report says there is no longer a demand for commercial use and the facility is no longer fit for purpose, so the change of use should be considered acceptable.
No external alterations are proposed. The statement says: “The change of use will not result in any harm to the listed buildings or their setting but would rather preserve and enhance them for the benefit of this and future generations.”
The planning reference is P24/02969/F.
