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Local Nature Action Plans

Guide

Local Nature Action Plans

We have produced guidance to help parish and town councils take action for nature and contribute to tackling the ecological emergency.

  • Published date: 16 January 2024
  • Last updated: 16 January 2024

Details

Parish and town councils have a crucial role to play in driving local action on the climate and ecological emergencies. Local community groups and residents will know their area and understand local needs best, and parish and town councils are well placed to tap into this knowledge.

This guidance provides ideas and a template for how to develop and deliver a Nature Action Plan (NAP). These are intended to help parish and town councils identify their existing natural assets and opportunities for restoring nature in their area.

The most effective NAPs will be developed in partnership with local expertise and community groups, securing buy-in from as many people and organisations as possible.

Use these pages to find out more about the climate and ecological emergencies, what we are doing to address them, and how you can help.

This page will be updated with links to completed plans as and when they are published.

Documents

Last updated 16 January 2024

General damp and mould guidance

Guide

General damp and mould guidance

This collection of documents and links is provided to assist residents in tackling the causes of damp and mould in their homes.

  • Published date: 16 January 2024
  • Last updated: 10 September 2024

Details

This Damp & Mould Resource Library is a collection of best practice examples and agreed recommendations. The aim of support Registered Providers in designing or reviewing their organisations damp and mould resources and procedures. Submissions have been collated from Registered Providers in BANES and UK local authorities.

Online resources

Documents

Last updated 10 September 2024

Re-naming of a street in Batheaston - Solsbury Place

Notice is hereby given that on or after 1 February 2024, Bath and North East Somerset Council will make an order (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Order’) under Section 18 of the Public Health Act 1925. The effect of the Order will be to re-name road indicated on the attached plan, previously named Victory Close, as SOLSBURY PLACE.

Any person aggrieved by the intended order may within 21 days after the date of this notice appeal to Bath and Wansdyke Magistrates’ Court at North Parade Road, Bath, BA1 5AF.

Dated: 4 January 2024

Anti-Money Laundering policy and guidance

Guide

Anti-Money Laundering policy and guidance

Money laundering is the process that criminals use to disguise where money has come from, or where it is going. This policy is aligned to our Counter-fraud strategy and Anti-Fraud and Corruption policy. It applies to all employees of the Council and aims to maintain the high standards of honesty and integrity that currently exist by preventing criminal activity by money laundering.

  • Published date: 11 December 2023
  • Last updated: 11 December 2023

Documents

Last updated 11 December 2023

Whistleblowing policy

Policy

Whistleblowing policy

We are committed to the highest possible standards of service and being open, fair and honest. We recognise that all staff, Members and others associated with the Council are often the first to realise that there may be something seriously wrong. Whistleblowing, enabled by this policy, provides a structured way for this important information to come to light.

  • Published date: 08 December 2023
  • Last updated: 08 July 2025

Documents

Last updated 08 July 2025

B&NES Anti-Bribery policy (2016)

Policy

B&NES Anti-Bribery policy (2016)

Bribery is an inducement or reward offered, promised or provided to gain personal, commercial, regulatory or contractual advantage.

  • Published date: 08 December 2023
  • Last updated: 11 December 2023

Details

Bribery is a criminal offence. As a council, we do not and will not, pay or receive bribes to anyone for any purpose. We are committed to the prevention, deterrence and detection of bribery.

We require that all personnel working for or on behalf of the council must act with honesty and integrity at all times.

Documents

Last updated 11 December 2023

National Procurement Policy Statement

Policy

National Procurement Policy Statement

National policy

  • Published date: 08 December 2023
  • Last updated: 07 March 2025

Details

The National Procurement Policy statement (Feb 2025), updated in February 2025, sets out the strategic priorities for public procurement and how contracting authorities can support their delivery. 

This statement identifies five national priorities of government, as follows: 

  • Kickstart economic growth 

  • Make Britain a clean energy superpower 

  • Take back our streets 

  • Break down barriers to opportunity

  • Build a National Health Service fit for the future 

This policy statement aims to guide local authority procurement to reinforce and enable these national priorities.

Documents

Last updated 07 March 2025

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