In 2019 Bath & North East Somerset Council approved plans to build 25 flats at Comfortable Place at Kingsmead in Bath, but changes have now been requested for the site.
The site on the Upper Bristol Road in Bath
The scheme involves demolishing Ivy Lodge fronting Upper Bristol Road and a small light industrial unit to the rear – the Food Machinery 2000 Ltd site.
A legal (Section 106) agreement between the council and developer Juno Developments (Sherborne Ltd) was signed off in June the following year, setting out that eight of the 25 flats would be affordable housing units.
But there is now an application to turn those eight flats into ‘discounted market sale’ properties instead as no registered providers have come forward to purchase the planned shared ownership units.
The application says that planning permission has been implemented but the development has not been “built out”.
The approved development includes cycle storage and car parking, a refuse store, a footpath link, revised access arrangements and landscaping.
The planning reference for the application seeking to modify the legal agreement is 24/03367/M6A. The deadline for comments is 2nd October.
A new residential development of 44 apartments has been completed on the neighbouring site and close by is Victoria Bridge which provides pedestrian and cycle links to the residential redevelopment on the south side of the River Avon.
