In this chapter

• Bath: Area overview
• The capacity of Bath
• Site options: Bath
• Site allocations in Bath and its environs
  • Milsom Quarter
  • Bath Central Riverside
  • Manvers Street
  • Bath Quays North
  • Bath Quays and Riverside Court
  • South Bank
  • Green Park Station West and Sydenham Park
  • Bath Riverside
  • Bath Press
  • Roseberry Place
  • Westmark Site, Windsor Bridge Road
  • Stable Yard Industrial Estate
  • Newbridge Riverside
  • Weston Island
  • Twerton Park
  • RUH (Royal United Hospitals), Weston
  • Hartwells Garage
  • Sion Hill
  • St Martin's
  • Sulis Down
  • Englishcombe Lane
  • Burlington Street
  • University of Bath
  • Sulis Club
  • Bath Spa University at Newton Park
  • West of Bath (potential site)
  • South of Burnett, next to A39 (potential site)

Bath Quays and Riverside Court

About this page

How this part of the Local Plan Options Document works

These site allocation pages contain the following sections:

Site background

• A broad description of the site, with map if appropriate
• An overview of development proposed or already in progress
• Relevant aspects of planning policy for this site
• The history and status of any planning applications for this site

Options for the new Local Plan

We may suggest one or more possible approaches:

• Keeping existing plans for this site as they are
• Making small changes to our approach, which may allow for changes
• Replacing the approach with something that is substantially different
• Identifying factors or events which may affect this policy in the future

Policy context note

• Where decisions about this site may affect how we approach other sites (or vice versa), we will add a note to explain

Explore this site allocation

Select a section below to read more.

Site background

5.38 This is a flagship development site that was granted planning permission in 2017 and has now delivered approx. 7,900sqm of office and creative workspace. No1 Bath Quays is Bath’s first new speculative development for decades. The building provides brand-new grade A and EPC ‘A’ office accommodation. The refurbishment of Newark Works provides Creative Workspace that is owned and managed by TCN, a company that own and manage creative workspace. There is outline planning permission for a residential development parcel of around 60 apartments but this has not been delivered.

5.39 Riverside Court is currently used as offices and there have been a number of applications for changes of use. The most recent application (20/03608/FUL) was refused, due to the strong economic reasons demonstrating that the loss of office floorspace would be inappropriate.

Options for the new Local Plan

The current policy for Riverside Court states: ‘The redevelopment of Riverside Court should retain as a minimum the existing levels of employment floorspace and be complemented by residential development that contributes towards the city’s housing requirements.’

Option A
Retain the current policy wording.

Option B
Provide more flexibility in terms of land use mix. Amend the policy wording to provide greater clarity on or to change the development requirements and design principles.This could allow more flexibility in relation to the delivery of the residential element within the existing allocation.

Option C
Strengthen the policy wording to require more employment floorspace to be delivered, allowing the consented floorspace in the South Quays site to change to an employment use.

Policy context note

For Options B and C, housing not provided on this site would then need to be delivered elsewhere.