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)

Sulis Club

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

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Site background

5.84    This is a sports ground owned by the University of Bath. It is on a gently sloping site on the edge of the plateau in a highly sensitive skyline location on the edge of the World Heritage site, and visible from the surrounding countryside.  

5.85    The current policy SB19 states: 'Sulis Club Outdoor Sports area – Proposals for development will be judged against national planning policy within the NPPF, including that relating to National Landscapes (formerly AONBs) and Green Belt, as well as the World Heritage Site (WHS) and its setting and Outstanding Universal Values (OUV).' For the Sulis Club this enables the appropriate redevelopment of previously developed land, within the parameters set by the NPPF.
 

Options for the new Local Plan

Option A
Retain existing policy. Consider and gather evidence relating to potential development on this site which is compatible with the requirement to protect the Outstanding Universal Values of the World Heritage Site, and which will strengthen the important, well-treed skyline.