Bath Spa University is planning to install temporary loos and changing facilities at its sportsground at Lower Bristol Road in Twerton.
A fire destroyed the previous facilities in 2019 | Photo © Avon Fire & Rescue
Formerly known as the Stothert & Pitt Recreation Ground, the BSU Sportsground was acquired by the university in 2017 to provide sports facilities close to the Newton Park campus.
The sportsground currently has a cricket pitch, two football pitches, a Rugby Union pitch, two hardstanding courts (tennis and basketball), a grassed lawn area for tennis, and a car park with around 70 spaces, plus a coach space.
The sportsground, which totals about 3.5 hectares and is within the Green Belt, previously had a pavilion which included toilet and changing facilities, but it was demolished in August 2019 due to health and safety reasons following irreparable fire damage.
This has left the university without toilets and changing facilities, or a clubhouse at the sportsground.
The proposal involves putting up temporary units to provide toilet and changing facilities within an area enclosed by existing metal fencing at the eastern end of the car park.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is being asked to grant prior approval. The planning reference is 25/04187/EUBPA and the deadline for comments is 2nd December.
