The following services are experiencing service disruption.
These messages also appear on relevant pages about individual services.
Please check our waste disruptions page for details of any disruptions to waste services.
Due to unforeseen drainage issues, The Devonshire Tunnel works closure will be extended until mid to late January. Due to additional works, a section of the Two Tunnels cycle track will be closed from the access point at Bloomfield open space to the Viaduct from 13th January, for approximately 1 week. Site signage will instruct alternate routes.
Updates will be provided in the new year.
Our Benefits team will be closed for Bank Holidays over the Christmas period. They will be closed on Wednesday 25 December 2024, Thursday 26 December 2024, and Wednesday 1 January 2025.
Normal opening hours apply outside of the Bank Holidays.
The Procurement Act 2023 is due to come in to force on 24 February 2025. These webpages reflect the current procurement regulations, but will be updated in due course to reflect the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023.
You can find more information about the changes that will come into force by visiting the Government’s Transforming Public Procurement website.
From Monday 30 December you can arrange for your Christmas tree to be collected by us, or a local charity.
Please visit the Christmas tree collection page to book a collection and find more information.
There are no current vacancies for park pitches.
In light of new mandatory housing targets and proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, the Local Plan is being revised.
Watch our YouTube video, which explains the implications for the Local Plan and our next steps. See the Keep up to date with our progress section below to find out more.
Unfortunately there are problems with the following public toilets:
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to accept textiles for reuse at any of our recycling centres.
Please consider donating good quality textiles to your local charity shop or using a textile bank at your local supermarket. We expect to have recycling containers for textiles back in place with a new provider shortly.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
All charges in Bath and Keynsham car parks are based on the emissions of your vehicle.
All charges in Bath and Keynsham car parks are based on the emissions of your vehicle.
During the Christmas Market the operational times of the city centre bollards will be changed to make sure the sites footprint is safe.
Cheap Street, Upper Borough Walls, Lower Borough Walls and Hot Bath Street bollards will be closed between 10am and 9pm, Wednesday 27th November, and then between 9am and 9pm, Thursday 28 November to Sunday 15 December.
York Street bollards will be closed 24/7 with managed access by event security, with no access between 9am and 10pm, Wednesday 27 November to Sunday 15 December. If you have any questions about access during those times, please contact Christmas_market@bathnes.gov.uk.
You can view all road closures associated with the Christmas Market here (as of 5 November).
A package of measures for this Liveable Neighbourhood (LN), based on community feedback, has now been shortlisted for inclusion in the full business case (FBC) for the programme.
The purpose of the FBC is to secure funds to develop and install this LN by March 2027 subject to further engagement and detailed designs.
Three experimental through-traffic restriction trials in this area are due to start this Autumn under our pilot programme and will progress separately.
Later in the year, when we have formally secured the necessary funds, we will update this page with details on the proposed measures and how you can share your views.
Use this web page to have your say on the Catharine Place, Gay Street, and Winifred's Lane trials. We recommend you experience the trials for several weeks before you submit your feedback.
To respond to the individual consultations, please use the links in the 'Have your say' section of this web page.
The consultation runs until 30 April 2025.
This consultation closed on 8 August 2024.
You can read the final TRO report here.
The results and recommendations from the public consultation are contained within Appendix 3 of the final TRO report. The breakdown of charges for vehicles parking in Midsomer Norton and Radstock can be found within Appendix D of the results and recommendation report.
You can have your say on this trial on the Lower Lansdown ETRO Trial consultation page. We recommend that you experience it for several weeks before submitting your feedback.
The consultation runs until 30 April 2025.
This public consultation is now closed.
The trial will remain in place until we have reached a decision on whether to make it permanent or not. We hope to reach a decision in early 2025. See ‘what happens next’ at the bottom of this page.
The current scheme is now closed. We will update this page once we have confirmation on future funding.
If you need support in the meantime, please call Welfare Support on 01225 477277.
The one-way experimental trial for the Lyme Road and Charmouth Road area is postponed until we have engaged the community on a wider package of measures for this LN area.
We have submitted a full business case (FBC) to the West of England Combined Authority to secure approval and funds to deliver a package of measures in 11 LN areas by March 2027.
We have submitted a full business case (FBC) for the Liveable Neighbourhood Programme and, in discussion with ward councillors, agreed not to pursue funds to develop a Liveable Neighbourhood in this area in 2024.
This is due to budgetary constraints. Should further funding opportunities arise next year, we will engage the community.
For more information on how we reached this decision, please read our press release on the submission of the FBC.
A package of measures for this Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) area, based on community feedback and to complement the through-traffic restriction already in place, has now been shortlisted for inclusion in the full business case (FBC) for the LN programme.
The purpose of the FBC is to secure the funds required to develop and install this LN by March 2027, subject to further engagement and detailed designs.
Later in the year, we have formally secured the funds, we will update this page with full details of the proposals and how you can share your views.
A package of measures for this Liveable Neighbourhood (LN), based on community feedback, has now been shortlisted for inclusion in the full business case (FBC) for the programme.
The purpose of the FBC is to secure funds to develop and install this LN by March 2027 subject to further engagement and detailed designs. A one-way trial in this area was due to start this summer under our pilot programme. This is postponed until we have engaged on the full package of measures proposed in the FBC.
Later in the year, when we have formally secured the necessary funds, we will update this page with details on the proposals and how you can share your views.
A package of measures for this Liveable Neighbourhood (LN), based on community feedback, has now been shortlisted for inclusion in the full business case (FBC) for the programme.
The purpose of the FBC is to secure funds to develop and install this LN by March 2027, subject to further engagement and detailed designs.
An experimental through-traffic restriction trial on Sydney Road is already being trialled under our pilot programme and will progress separately.
Later in the year, when we have formally secured the necessary funds, we will update this page with details of the proposals and how you can share your views.
A package of measures for this Liveable Neighbourhood (LN), based on community feedback, has now been shortlisted for inclusion in a full business case (FBC) for the programme.
The purpose of the FBC is to secure funds to develop and install this LN by March 2027 subject to further engagement, detailed designs and, if appropriate, experimental trials.
Later in the year, when we have formally secured the funds, we will update this page with details of the proposals and how you can share your views.
We have temporarily paused the installation of this ETRO. We will update this webpage when more news is available.
From Monday 1 April 2024, you will need to pay £22.40 for a replacement wheelie bin for your rubbish if it is lost or stolen.
Please note that the charge for replacement wheeled black bins was agreed in our 2022/23 budget to help offset the purchase and delivery costs associated with providing a replacement bin.
Our recycling centres are only open to B&NES vehicles. However, anyone can visit the Reuse shop on foot or by bike, regardless of where you live.
Our depot staff car park is open on Saturdays to customers who don't live in B&NES.
The car park entrance is just after the recycling centre on Worlds End Lane, and will be open to the public every Saturday from 9.30am and will close at 3pm promptly.