Temple Cloud is one of several areas in our community-led Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) programme. It is a residential area, located along the A37 approximately 8.7 miles south west of Bath and 9.4 miles south of Bristol.
The Liveable Neighbourhood Programme aims to improve residential street environments and create more space for those that want to walk, wheel or cycle their short journeys.
Learn more about the LN programme including our aims and approaches.
Our proposals
During previous consultations (outlined in ‘Explore the context’), residents in Temple Cloud told us that they were concerned about the speed of traffic in the area, HGV traffic and the limited space for wheeling, walking or cycling.
We are now proposing to:
- install a new zebra crossing on Temple Inn Lane
- widen and improve the footpath that links the village hall with Gillets Hill Lane
- install street lighting on the footpath between St Barnabas Church and Brandown Close
- extend the 30mph speed limits on Temple Inn Lane and on the A37 through the village to Temple Bridge
These improvements would mean:
- slower traffic and improved road safety
- safer crossing facilities and improved access for people with disabilities, mobility aids and pushchairs
- improved pedestrian routes through the village and better connectivity, encouraging more active travel and fewer short car journeys.
View the proposals on a map
Click on the numbers on the map to read a description of each proposal. The numbers on the map correspond to the following annotations.
Proposals are to:
- Extend the 30-mph speed limit on Temple Inn Lane to Marsh Lane to reduce traffic speeds and improve safety.
- Install a new zebra crossing on Temple Inn Lane to improve pedestrian safety and connectivity through the village. Dropped kerbs and tactile paving would improve access for people with disabilities and for people with mobility aids and pushchairs.
- Install street lighting on the footpath between St Barnabas Church and Brandown Close to improve safety and encourage active travel.
- Widen the footpath linking the village hall with Gillets Hill Lane in the south to 2.5m in width and provide an all-weather surface to encourage active travel.
- Extend the 30-mph speed limit on the A37 through the village south to Temple Bridge to improve road safety.
Signage
The potential location of signage alerting road users to these new proposals will be included later in more detailed designs.
Download a leaflet
Download a leaflet explaining the aims of this LN and showing the proposals on a map.
Have your say
You can submit your feedback by completing the following online form. You will need to provide your email address at the end of the survey.
Responding to a questionnaire should take no more than 5 or 10 minutes. Please submit your feedback by Friday 1 August 2025 at 5pm.
What happens next
We have already obtained funding from the UK Government, secured by the West of England Combined Authority, to install these improvements. This follows several years of engagement and consultation with the community and rigorous shortlisting.
You can find more detail on how we developed this design by reading the 'Explore the context’ section on this web page.
Our intention is to:
- consider your feedback on these proposals
- draw up and publish more detailed designs
- inform residents and invite further feedback
- make any necessary amendments
- install the measures under standard Traffic Regulation Orders (where appropriate)
We will keep residents in the LN area (and neighbouring streets) informed of our progress by letter.
Traffic Regulation Orders
Find out more about how we decide on changes to road layouts using Traffic Regulation Orders.
Get in touch
We will collect your feedback using the online form on this webpage. However, if you require any help or support with the form, please email us at LNs@bathnes.gov.uk or call 01225 39 40 25 and request a call back from a team member.
Explore further context
Please expand the following headings to learn more about how we developed this design:
- In Autumn 2020, we asked residents across the district how they felt about LNs.
- View the consultation output report from January 2022.
- 48 communities then applied to become a LN, via ward councillors. You can request to view the original application for an LN for your area by emailing LNs@bathnes.gov.uk (the format cannot be made accessible for this web page).
- In June 2021, we prioritised areas where development of LNs could start (this included the Temple Cloud area).
In December 2021, we asked for your feedback on what was good about the Temple Cloud area, what transport-related issues you experience, and what improvements would make the most impact.
Out of the 1,625 responses submitted as part of our public engagement on the 15 Liveable Neighbourhood in December 2021, 15 people commented on the Temple Cloud area.
Below is a summary of what people said about Temple Cloud:
What is good about the area?
- 11 said 'strong community spirit'
- 5 said 'good accessibility'
- 2 said 'safe and healthy environment'
What issues are experienced?
- 12 said 'speeding traffic'
- 12 said 'HGV traffic'
- 9 said 'not enough space for wheeling, walking or cycling'
- 7 said 'through traffic'
- 4 said 'parking'
- 3 said 'school run traffic'
What measures could improve the area?
- 11 said 'a restriction on through traffic or HGVs'
- 11 said 'new or wider footways'
- 6 said 'trees and planting'
- 5 said 'new or improved cycle lanes'
- 5 said 'better or more residents parking'
On 17 May 2022, we held a co-design workshop with 7 residents who had expressed an interest in staying involved in the process during earlier engagement.
Attendees took part in a series of exercises to identify what they liked about the area, what could be improved, and what specific measures could help, plotting these on a map of the area.
To see the maps and the longlist of ideas suggested by the community, please view the report below.
Our partner Sustrans helped to broaden our engagement by involving people in the community with different and seldom-heard voices. During co-design, they visited community groups to gather their feedback.
View the Sustrans workshop report.
In August 2022, attendees were invited back to review the outcomes of the workshop and prioritise their ideas, focusing on the original application area. These were considered during later shortlisting to reach the final proposals.
During the first half of 2023, we considered the community proposals for the area against a range of criteria, working alongside local ward councillors to arrive at initial recommendations.
We scored proposals against set criteria to assess impacts.
View the early draft recommendation report (superseded by the Full Business Case proposal)
To secure the funds to install the LN programme it was necessary to submit a Full Business Case (FBC) to the West of England Combined Authority.
This involved appraising all early recommendations for each of the LN areas against the following criteria, to produce a final shortlist:
- Technical feasibility
- Alignment with the objectives of Liveable Neighbourhoods and community benefits
- Affordability/budget constraints
The shortlist was submitted to the West of England Combined Authority in a Full Business Case to be reviewed by its committee. The funding was secured on 20 September 2024.
View the press release on securing the grant from the FBC.
The Committee's report on the FBC is on page 45 of the Agenda Report Pack which includes a link to the Liveable Neighbourhood Full Business Case.
The shortlisted proposals for the Temple Cloud area are presented under 'Our proposals' earlier on this web page.
You can view a history of the development of Liveable Neighbourhoods and relevant reports on our project timeline.
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