Bath Spa University, Newton Park – Existing Allocation
Bath Spa’s Newton Park Campus sits within a sensitive historic context including in the core of a registered (Grade II*) historic parkland ‘of outstanding interest’ which includes a Scheduled Monument (St Loe’s Castle), three Grade I listed buildings (The Manor House, Castle, and Castle Gatehouse); one Grade II* listed building (the Stables); and one Grade II listed building (the Dairy). The walls to the Italian Garden are also listed (Grade II*). The wider parkland beyond the campus also contains part of the Wansdyke Scheduled Monument and other listed buildings.
The campus lies in the Green Belt where development potential is constrained i.e. national policy makes it clear that development is inappropriate unless it is either complete or partial redevelopment or limited infilling as long as it doesn’t have a greater impact on openness than the existing development.
Ecologically the campus hosts a number of lesser horseshoe bat roosts, which forage in the surrounding parkland. Both the campus and the parkland in which it sits are within the Green Belt.
No material changes are proposed to the existing policy, however it will need to be reviewed and updated to reflect the latest terminology and correct references in the NPPF.
Review the existing allocation for Bath Spa University (SB20)