{"id":48367,"date":"2026-10-16T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48367"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:30:13","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-bath-could-temporarily-drop-unesco-world-heritage-site-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48367","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Bath could temporarily drop UNESCO World Heritage Site status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bath could temporarily give up being a UNESCO world heritage site in order to build new suburbs, reports <em>Somerset Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Somerset Live<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World-famous for its\u2026 architecture, Bath is the only entire city in the UK to be designated as a world heritage site. Now Liberal Democrat-run Bath and North East Somerset Council is considering temporarily giving up the status&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 the world heritage site inscription covers not just the city itself but also its setting\u2026 That description prevents the city from building more suburbs around it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 The government would have to lead the process\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 Risking the city\u2019s prestigious world heritage site status could be politically dangerous\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A six-week public consultation on the local plan runs until October 30&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersetlive.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/bath-could-temporarily-drop-unesco-11177408\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bath could temporarily give up being a UNESCO world heritage site in order to build new suburbs, reports Somerset Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48368,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48367\/revisions\/48368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}