Ten affordable apartments at Great Barn Court Block Two, Keynsham
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Bath Planning Committee on 22 Oct 2025.
Earlier permissions
Permission was previously granted for ten affordable apartments, followed by decisions discharging conditions, varying conditions and approving a non-material amendment.
“24/04189/COND - DISCHARGED - 13 February 2025 - Discharge of conditions 2 (Affordable Housing Scheme), 3 (Archaeology Controlled Excavation), 10 (Construction Management Plan) and 18 (Site Specific Targeted Recruitment and Training) of application 23/04190/REG03 (Erection of 10 No. affordable apartments (Class C3) and associated access, drainage and landscaping works)”
“25/01578/NMA - APPROVE - 24 April 2025 - Non Material Amendment to application 24/04399/VAR (Variation of conditions 5 (Investigation and Risk Assessment), 8 (Materials - Submission of Schedule and Samples), 13 (Biodiversity Gain and Habitat Management Plans), 17 (Fire Hydrants), 19 (Landscape) and 20 (Plans List) of application 23/04190/REG03 (Erection of 10 No. affordable apartments (Class C3) and associated access, drainage and landscaping works)).”
Officer report
What officers recommended
Officers found the changes acceptable in design, heritage, residential amenity, archaeology and highways terms and recommended permission be granted.
“Policy D6 sets out to ensure developments provide an appropriate level of amenity space for new and future occupiers, relative to their use and avoiding harm to private amenity in terms of privacy, light and outlook/overlooking.”
“In this instance the submitted details are acceptable and the proposed changes are not considered to impact upon the conclusions previously reached. It is therefore recommended that permission be granted.”
Officer report
Consultation responses
Archaeology and highways raised no objections, the town council supported the changes with a bus-stop comment, and no representations were received.
“ARCHAEOLOGY: 16th July 2025: No objection.”
“5th August 2025: To SUPPORT the variations with a comment - There are no planning reasons to object to this application: - Keynsham Town Council consider that the proposal variations are in accordance with Bath and North East Somerset Council Policies D1 - D6 of Bath and North East Somerset adopted Placemaking Plan 2017 and Local Plan (Core Strategy) Partial Update Jan 2023.”
Officer report
The committee’s decision
The committee permitted the application with conditions covering the development, including archaeology, affordable housing, construction management, landscaping and approved plans.
“Unless purchased under Right to Buy or other legislative scheme that compels the sale of residential units to a person for uses other than affordable housing, each of the affordable housing units on the site shall be permanently retained as affordable housing in accordance with the approved Affordable Housing Scheme and shall not be occupied otherwise than in accordance with that scheme.”
“Construction Management Plan (Compliance) The development shall take place in complete accordance with the Construction Management Plan details submitted and approved via application 24/04189/COND as amended by the Proposed Construction Management Plan (AL(0)70 REV D, 2nd October 2025) submitted with this application.”
Minutes
Sources
- Bath Planning Committee minutes, 22 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Bath's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Wednesday 22 October 2025
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
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- The application (council website)
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This committee's year
15 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 5 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.