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The following services are experiencing service disruption.
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Please check our waste disruptions page for details of any disruptions to waste services.
Due to the red weather warning, the Mobile Library will not be running today (Thursday 25 June) on its usual Combe Down, Odd Down, Mulberry Park route.
If you have books due for return, you can easily renew them via the LibrariesWest app or by calling us on 01225 394041.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.
Refuse, recycling and garden waste collections
Our crews are starting at the earlier time of 6am this week to beat the midday heat. Please put your waste and recycling out after 8pm the night before your collection.
Visit our service page if you experience disruption.
Recycling centres
Our recycling centres will all close at the earlier time of 2pm on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June. Last entry is at 1.45pm. If you have booked entry to our Midsomer Norton or Bath recycling centre, we will contact you about rebooking another slot.
Please note, our Keynsham Reuse Shop will close at 1.30pm on these days.
This consultation closed on 7 November 2025.
A report outlining the results and recommendations from this consultation was published, and the decision taken to hold further public consultation in the coming months.
You can read our press release or the cabinet member's decision notice for more information.
You can see the subsequent public consultation, which was live between 28 May and 18 June 2026, held as part of the Traffic Regulation Order process.
We're making changes to the garden waste subscription service from 13 July 2026.
The service is going fully digital, and you will no longer need to put a printed sticker on your green garden waste bin.
We'll include full details of the service upgrade in your subscription renewal letter, or you can read about it below.
We’re making improvements to the garden waste subscription service to make it more efficient, more reliable, and better for the environment. As part of this upgrade, the service will become fully digital. By removing the need for printed stickers, we’ll reduce unnecessary waste and streamline the way we manage collections. This change supports our commitment to operating more sustainably.
The process will be simpler than ever for you. Once you’ve subscribed, you won’t need to wait for a sticker or attach anything to your bin. Our on-board systems and digital database will tell our crews which households have an active subscription, ensuring your bin is collected as normal. If a property does not have a valid subscription, the team will not be able to empty the bin.
If you do not renew your subscription within eight weeks of it expiring, we will arrange to retrieve the garden waste bin from your property. This helps us make sure our bins are used correctly and remain available for households that need them.
We are aware of third-party companies contacting residents and offering to review their Council Tax band. These companies are not affiliated with Bath & North East Somerset Council or the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
While such companies may charge a fee or take a percentage of any band reduction refund received, you can request a review of your Council Tax band directly with the VOA free of charge, and retain any refund in full.
If you are contacted, we recommend checking credentials carefully before agreeing to any service.
A report outlining the findings from an informal consultation on a proposed Residents’ Parking Zone for the Locksbrook area (held in autumn 2025) is now available:
Read the findings in the Informal Consultation report (published 18 May)
In summary, we received 183 responses to the consultation survey. 61% of all respondents support the proposal and 34% are against it. Please read the report for more details.
We are carefully considering the findings before deciding on next steps. You can subscribe to our newsletter to keep informed.
Interim ways of restoring water levels to the ponds in Royal Victoria Park in Bath will be tested this summer, ahead of longer-term plans to secure a permanent water supply.
The findings from the informal consultation held in October/November 2025 on proposed new on-street parking arrangements in Lambridge are now available.
We are carefully considering the findings presented in these reports before deciding on next steps.
We have considered your feedback on Liveable Neighbourhood proposals for this area. See Public Engagement Outcomes and the final list of proposals for the area outlined below.
We intend to install this scheme from mid-May 2026 and complete the work by mid-June.
We have considered your feedback on Liveable Neighbourhood proposals for this area. See Public Engagement Outcomes and the final list of proposals for the area outlined below.
The one-way experimental trial for this area was cancelled in 2024. Following a re-design and formal consultation, we installed it in February 2026. It is one of several measures that will be introduced in the area to reduce congestion and improve safety for children walking and cycling to Newbridge School.
Please visit the Lyme Road and Charmouth Road Liveable Neighbourhood web page for more information.
We will consider the outcomes of other schemes being introduced in the area to reduce congestion and improve walking and cycling infrastructure before considering whether measures proposed for this LN are required.
For the latest news on this Liveable Neighbourhood, please read the following statement by Cllr Kevin Guy, Leader of the Council.
Our intention was to engage the community on preliminary designs for this area in spring 2025. The measures to be included in the design were summarised at a high level in the final business case (FBC) for the programme including a bus gate on Camden Road, a series of one-ways, and a through-traffic restriction to help reduce traffic volumes in residential areas.
Following the statement by Cllr Kevin Guy, we will not progress these plans. For background on the FBC, please read the press release from 12 October 2024.
Please note we are currently in process of updating the guidance which will include updated dimensions of electric refuse collection vehicles which will be in use from October 2026.
Please contact WastePlanning@bathnes.gov.uk if you need the new vehicle dimensions for swept path analysis.
A public consultation on the proposals for this area has now closed and we are reviewing the results.
The responses to the consultation will be summarised in a report to the deciding officer before a final decision is made on whether to install the scheme later this year.
To stay informed, please subscribe to our e-newsletter.
On Friday 19 December we published the Single Member Decision report on the outcomes of the Lower Lansdown and The Circus through-traffic restriction trials.
Councillors are currently reviewing the report, which includes the outcomes of traffic and air quality monitoring and the public consultation surveys.
Their decision on the future of these trials is expected early in the New Year.
You can subscribe to the Lower Lansdown e-newsletter for updates as soon as they're available.
A decision has now been reached to make the New Sydney Place and Sydney Road through-traffic restriction permanent under Traffic Regulation Order 25-012.
To read the decision notice and the reports summarising the outcomes of the statutory 21-day public TRO consultation, please view the legal notices. You can also read a press release.
In light of national Planning policy changes and the publication of a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2024, we reset our approach to our Local Plan in February 2025.