Planning application
55 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
External and internal alterations to existing ground floor commercial unit and conversion of basement to create a sui generis serviced apartment.
As published by the council, reference 26/00228/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00228/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 22 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Kingsmead
- Postcode
- BA1 2BN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bath and North East Somerset register
This site has had 5 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00229/LBA Awaiting decision
55 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
External and internal alterations to existing ground floor commercial unit and conversion of basement to create a sui generis serviced apartment.
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22/05012/COND Granted
55 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Discharge of conditions 2 (Window and door details (Bespoke Trigger)), 3 (Materials - Submission of Schedule and Samples (Bespoke Trigger)), 4 (Sample Panel - Walling (Bespoke Trigger)), 7 (Acoustic Survey (pre-commencement)), 10 (Archaeology (Pre-Commencement)), 11 (Archaeology (Pre-Commencement)) and 13 (Construction Management Plan (Pre-commencement)) of application 21/02110/FUL (Internal and external alterations and the erection of new block of 4No. residential flats and associated bike and bin store amenity structures to rear courtyard, including demolition of the 1960s garage building, the remaining original rear facade element of No54., the rear 1960s concrete prefabricated building and the partial demolition of the reconstructed rear boundary wall to Cumberland Row and continued use of No55. as office accommodation (re-submission)).
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21/02111/LBA Granted
55 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Internal and external alterations and the erection of new block of 4No. residential flats and associated bike and bin store amenity structures to rear courtyard, including demolition of the 1960s garage building, the remaining original rear facade element of No54., the rear 1960s concrete prefabricated building and the partial demolition of the reconstructed rear boundary wall to Cumberland Row and continued use of No55. as office accommodation (re-submission)
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21/02110/FUL Granted
55 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Internal and external alterations and the erection of new block of 4No. residential flats and associated bike and bin store amenity structures to rear courtyard, including demolition of the 1960s garage building, the remaining original rear facade element of No54., the rear 1960s concrete prefabricated building and the partial demolition of the reconstructed rear boundary wall to Cumberland Row and continued use of No55. as office accommodation (re-submission)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jan 2026
Received by Bath and North East Somerset
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bath and North East Somerset took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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