Bath & North East Somerset Council

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004

Bath & North East Somerset Local Development Framework

Draft Locally Important Buildings Supplementary Planning Document 
Draft Existing Dwellings in the Green Belt Supplementary Planning Document

Bath & North East Council has prepared two draft SPDs as listed above for public consultation.  If and when these documents are adopted, they will form part of the Local Development Framework (LDF) for Bath & North East Somerset Council.  The LDF forms the basis of decisions on land-use planning for development within Bath & North East Somerset.  

The SPDs set out detailed planning guidance to supplement policies BH.5, HG.14 and HG.15 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan.

Copies of the draft SPDs and accompanying documents can be viewed at the following Council offices: 

•	Trimbridge House, Trim Street, Bath, BA1 2DP; 
•	The Hollies, Midsomer Norton, Bath, BA3 2DP; 
•	Riverside, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA

between the hours of 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Mondays-Thursdays and 8.30 am to 4.30 pm on Fridays.

The document can also be viewed on the Bath & North East Somerset Council website www.bathnes.gov.uk/ldf and during library opening times, at all the public libraries within the District including the mobile libraries.

Comments on the draft SPD can be made in the following ways:

•	By completing the SPD comment form and returning us by email    
      planning_policy@bathnes.gov.uk 
-    By completing the SPD comment form and returning to us by post: Planning Policy    
      Team, Trimbridge House, Trim Street, Bath, BA2 4DP

Comments should be received within the 6 week consultation period which will run from 10th April – 22nd May 2008

David Trigwell 
Assistant Director of Planning & Transport
Bath & North East Somerset Council