Green Park Station West and Sydenham Park – Existing Allocation
This area is complex, with a variety of site ownerships and a diversity of uses. The site is split into areas (A&B) with various components
Green Park Station West (SB7a)
- Green Park Station, and the units facing James Street West.
- Sainsbury’s.
Sydenham Parks (SB7b)
- Bath Riverside East: the former Homebase site and its car park, and overflow Sainsbury car park.
- Pinesway: Pinesgate offices and the associated road gyratory.
- Pinesway Industrial Estate
Green Park Station West and Sydenham Park – SB7 diagram (from the Adopted Plan)
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The existing site allocation acknowledged that this area is complex and had uncertainty in terms of delivery. It rightly anticipated that delivery will be undertaken in a phased or piecemeal manner, with different landowners bringing forward development at different times, as and when their sites become available. It stated that to avoid the delivery of sub-optimal outcomes that do not deliver the wider opportunities in the area, it was crucial for the local plan to provide the urban design framework within which these individual developments could be delivered. This framework was acknowledged as needing to be flexible enough to respond to changing circumstances, yet it also needs to be robust enough to ensure that it can be delivered. It is proposed to review and update this framework to enable development to be delivered that better meets our objectives, and to consider whether creating separate site allocations that better reflect land ownership parcels is a more pragmatic response.
A planning application was allowed on appeal (September 2021) for the redevelopment of the Homebase site to provide a later living scheme of 288 units and 1,865 sqm of office floorspace. Due to the later living scheme being in the C2 use class it was not possible to secure affordable housing from the scheme. The consent enabled the subsequent demolition of the Homebase building, but the scheme was not progressed beyond this. There is a current planning application for the same site which has yet to be determined. This is proposing to provide a mixed use development, which principally includes residential build to rent dwellings and shared living accommodation.
Review the existing allocation for Green Park Station West and Sydenham Park (SB7)