It also provides limited financial assistance towards the repair or reinstatement of external architectural features (railings, window glazing bars, urns, gateposts, etc.)

As a result of victory in this challenge the status of BPT was considerably enhanced, and it was able to propose its own agenda for preserving the city.

[5] Sir John Betjeman was for over 20 years a trustee, and was vice-president from 1965 to 1971 at a time when Bath came under increasing pressure from modern developers and another proposal to build a major road through (in part, under) the city.

[4] Bath Preservation Trust contributes financially to remedial works that enhance the city's Georgian character.

It has rescued properties as diverse as Ralph Allen's quarry workers' cottages in Widcombe which once housed artisans who built some of Bath's great Georgian architectural set pieces, and the historically significant Beckford's Tower, now owned by the Bath Preservation Trust and run as a museum.

A significant part of BPT's work is reviewing and responding to all planning and listed building consent applications submitted to Bath and North East Somerset Council.