Fishponds Cottage , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD Data via plota.co.uk

26/03635/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Temporary change of use for Fishponds Cottage, from C3 domestic cottage to Use Class E (offices) from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2027 (Extension of existing permission ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Validated
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 26 Nov 2026 and 6 Dec 2026, from Bath's recent changes of use.

Documents

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Site constraints 9

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Allen's Cottage, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
World heritage site: City of Bath
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Bath conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 220 m away: Palladian Bridge, Prior Park, Bath; Priority habitat about 9 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 2 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bath
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BA2 6BD
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Widcombe And Lyncombe
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Bath usually decides changes of use by day 57.

Day 453 days to the predicted decision (day 57)
49%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
79decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bath in the last twelve months, from validation. Bath decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15238197

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Temporary change of use for Fishponds Cottage, from C3 domestic cottage to Use Class E (o…
24/03589/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Discharge of condition 5 (Ecological and Biodiversity Net Gain Compliance Report (Bespoke…
25/01949/COND
2025 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Discharge of condition 5 (Ecological and Biodiversity Net Gain Compliance Report (Bespoke…
25/01942/CONDLB
2024 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Variation of conditions 2 (Wildlife Protection and Enhancement Scheme), 3 (Biodiversity N…
24/03609/VAR
2024 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Variation of conditions 2 (Wildlife Protection and Enhancement Scheme), 3 (Biodiversity G…
24/03565/VAR
2023 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Erection of a level base and new tea shed incorporating storage and ticket sales. Visitor…
23/04762/FUL
2023 Approved
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
External alterations for the erection of a level base and new tea shed incorporating stor…
23/04763/LBA
2023 Approved
The Dell , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Cypress (1) fell.
23/02075/TCA
2023 Approved
The Dell , Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Pine tree- Remove and replant.
23/01715/TCA
2020 Approved
Allen Cottage, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Hornbeam (1) - Fell. Poor form Crab Apple (2) - Shape and balance Cherry (3) - Fell. Almo…
20/03480/TCA
2020 Approved
The Dell, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Cherry-plum (4) - Reduce the height of the crown by 2.5m Mulberry (5) - Lift crown to 2m…
20/03469/TCA
2019 Approved
Allen Cottage, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
Cherry (T1) - remove extensive deadwood and minor shape and balance.
19/02771/TCA
2016 Approved
The Dell, Church Lane, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BD
1x Himalayan Pine - raise crown to 2 m, reduce length of limbs spreading south by between…
16/00470/TCA
Bath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#157 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Bath is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #236 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #17 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #26 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #236 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #199 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
172 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,817
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings