An appeal has been lodged with the Secretary of State after planning permission to extend a care home in Bath was refused.
The proposed works at the rear of Woodside on Bathwick Hill included a roof and lower ground floor extension to provide a new internal layout, increasing the number of bedrooms from 48 to 50 and creating additional social and communal facilities.
The scheme also included the removal and replacement of defective cladding on the 1960s building.
But Bath & North East Somerset Council planning officers refused Cedar Care Homes’ plans for six reasons:
- Harm to the outstanding universal values of the World Heritage Sites
- Harm to Bath Conservation Area
- Harm to the setting of neighbouring Bathwick Grange
- Harm to townscape and landscape character
- Failure to demonstrate the retention of trees at the site
- The impact on ecology, protected species and biodiversity.
Planning consultants for Cedar Care Homes say in the appeal statement: “When assessed against the full body of submitted and updated evidence, none of the reasons for refusal are substantiated.
“The refusal relies on an overstated assessment of harm, misunderstandings of the proposal’s design intent and context, and the absence of information which has now been provided.”
