Service updates

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.

Last updated: 1 day ago

Temporary system disruption: 3pm to 5pm, Monday, 15 June

Our Business Rate and Business Improvement District (BID) systems will be unavailable between 3.30pm and 5.00pm on Monday, 15 June. 

This is due to unavoidable essential systems maintenance.

During this time, our phone lines will remain open. However, we will be unable to access customer records, make updates, or provide detailed account information. Your online account will also be unavailable for this period.

Normal service will resume from 8.30am on Tuesday, 16 June.

Thank you for your understanding.

Last updated: 3 days ago

Area SEND inspection for Bath and North East Somerset Local Area Partnership

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting B&NES to inspect the local arrangements for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) and want to hear from parents or carers of a child or young person aged 0–25 with SEND in Bath & North East Somerset.

Find out more on Livewell

Last updated: 3 days ago

Council Tax Temporary System Unavailability

Please be advised that our Council Tax systems will be unavailable between 3.30pm and 5.00pm on Monday 15 June. This is due to unavoidable essential systems maintenance.

During this time, our phone lines will remain open; however, we will be unable to access customer records, make updates, or provide detailed account information. Your online account will also be unavailable for this period.

Normal service will resume from 8.30am on Tuesday 16 June.

Thank you for your understanding.

Last updated: 3 days ago

Council Tax Band Reviews

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.

Last updated: 1 week ago

Consultation Update: 18 May 2026

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. 

Last updated: 2 weeks ago

Update on Royal Victoria Park pond

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.

Read our press release to find out more

Last updated: 1 month ago

Lambridge RPZ consultation update: 17 April 2026

The findings from the informal consultation held in October/November 2025 on proposed new on-street parking arrangements in Lambridge are now available.

• Read the consultation report on proposals for a new Residents' Parking Zone in Lambridge.
• Read the consultation report on the proposal to extend existing zone 27 into the Grosvenor Place area.
• Read the related news story (17 April 2026).

We are carefully considering the findings presented in these reports before deciding on next steps. 

Please subscribe to our newsletter to keep informed. 

Last updated: 2 months ago

Public engagement outcomes now available (Entry Hill)

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.

Last updated: 2 months ago

Public engagement outcomes now available (Whitchurch Village and Queen Charlton)

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.

Last updated: 2 months ago

Update on the Lyme Road ETRO trial

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.

Last updated: 2 months ago

Update on proposed changes to parking charges

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.
 

Last updated: 2 months ago

Update on the Pulteney Estate LN area, June 2025

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. 

• Read a statement with more details

Last updated: 3 months ago

Update on the London Road and Snow Hill Liveable Neighbourhood area

For the latest news on this Liveable Neighbourhood, please read the following statement by Cllr Kevin Guy, Leader of the Council.

Read Cllr Kevin Guy's open letter on the future of London Road and Snow Hill LN Area (18 February 2025)

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. 

Last updated: 4 months ago

Updated vehicle dimensions

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. 

Last updated: 4 months ago

Lyme Road, Lyme Gardens and Charmouth Road area consultation update

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.

Last updated: 5 months ago

Through-Traffic Restriction Trials update

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.

• Read the Single Member Decision report
• Read the press release (19 December 2025)

You can subscribe to the Lower Lansdown e-newsletter for updates as soon as they're available.

Last updated: 8 months ago

Through-traffic restriction made permanent under TRO

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.

Last updated: 11 months ago

Changes to our Local Plan

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.