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ApprovedCouncil status: Application Permitted
Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and redevelopment of the Southgate area for residential (Class C3); retailing (Class A1, A2 and A3); indoor leisure (Class D2(excluding cinema)); offices(Class B1); bus station/public transport interchange and related facilities; public conveniences; car parking; servicing; works to Dorchester Street and Manvers Street and related access and highway works; streets and public spaces and landscaping; works to Bath Spa Railway Station and forecourts to north and south, including the installation of lifts and alterations to the station vaults; works to the electricity transformer; works to the Argyll Hotel building, relocation of listed telephone boxes; and related engineering and landscape works
Southgate Development, Southgate Street, City Centre, Bath,
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Status and dates
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- DoneReceived28 Nov 1997
- DoneValidated11 Dec 1997
- Not publishedConsultationNo date on council record
- Not publishedTarget decision dateNo date on council record
- DecidedPERMIT12 Sept 2003
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All published dates (6)
- Application type
- Full Application
- Ward
- Abbey
- Documents
- 1 published
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and redevelopment of the Southgate area for residential (Class C3); retailing (Class A1, A2 and A3); indoor leisure (Class D2(excluding cinema)); offices(Class B1); bus station/public transport interchange and related facilities; public conveniences; car parking; servicing; works to Dorchester Street and Manvers Street and related access and highway works; streets and public spaces and landscaping; works to Bath Spa Railway Station and forecourts to north and south, including the installation of lifts and alterations to the station vaults; works to the electricity transformer; works to the Argyll Hotel building, relocation of listed telephone boxes; and related engineering and landscape works
- Reference
- 97/01019/FUL
- Ward
- Abbey
- Agent
- Chapman Taylor Partners
- UPRN
- 000000000099
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