Bath Fire Station, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PU Data via plota.co.uk
Description
Erection of fire station, offices and drill tower with revised access, car parking, landscaping and associated ancillary works following demolition of existing fire station, offices and drill tower Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Planning committee
Decided by Bath Planning Committee on 19 Nov 2025.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised permission because public benefits from upgraded emergency services outweighed heritage and townscape harm, subject to safeguards.
- Supporters welcomed modern facilities and emergency response benefits, while objections focused on losing the historic station and concerns about its replacement.
- The committee voted unanimously to delegate permission, subject to the legal agreement, heritage safeguard and conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Bath's committee minutes of 19 Nov 2025.
Site constraints 8
Show all 12 with distances
- 48 mMemorial Cross in Churchyard of St John the Baptist ChurchGrade II
- 61 mChurch of St John the BaptistGrade II
- 80 mBrompton House HotelGrade II
- 80 mPinch's FollyGrade II
- 91 mCleveland Bridge and Four Former Toll HousesGrade II*
- 92 mGatepiers, Gates and Wall to Brompton House Hotel From Bathwick StreetGrade II
- 94 mGatepiers and Railings to St John's Churchyard From Bathwick StreetGrade II
- 104 m1-4, Rochfort PlaceGrade II
- 126 mColumns in Garden of No. 4Grade II
- 126 mBathwick HouseGrade II
- 128 mFormer Mortuary ChapelGrade II
- 149 m8, Cleveland Place EastGrade II
Checked on 14 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.
Every application in Bath - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.
Other new applications on this street
13 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NY
Installation of 6 panel Georgian style doors, replace existing internal glazing ...
14 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NY
Restoration to panelled Georgian doors including installation of intumescent str...
Maisonette, 12 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NY
Poplar T1 - re-pollard back to previous pollard points. Silver Birch T2 - prune ...
Flat 1, 13 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NY
Use of the property as C4 HMO (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
Nearby new applications
31 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Internal and external alterations (including the shopfront) to improve fire safe...
Basement, 2 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LL
Alterations to Garden Flat to include internal reconfigurations, relocation of b...
Basement, 2 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LL
Internal and external alterations to Garden Flat to include internal reconfigura...
4 Oxford Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QN
Internal alterations for replacement of existing doors with 6-panel, Georgian-st...
Lower Basement Flat, 1 The Paragon, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LX
Internal and external works for reinstatement of one former basement lightwell d...
7 Oxford Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QW
Internal alterations for replacement of existing doors with 6-panel, Georgian-st...
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.