Lansdown View / King Georges Road Housing

We are pleased for residents of Lansdown View who through a lot of effort were able to persuade a planning inspector to reject an appeal by Curo to build 21 Houses on a piece of land behind their homes.

We however expect that another planning application will come in shortly on this site to build homes although we would not expect to see the numbers in the application recently rejected.

We will publish further details of any application on this site as soon as we know of one.

Produce Market at Bath City Farm this Saturday!

Bath City Farm are holding their final Produce Market of the year, this Saturday 4^th October, 11am – 1pm.

They will be selling fresh vegetables (including squashes, savoy cabbage, leeks and peas), jams, chutneys, bread, Gloucester Old Spot Pork, fresh cut flowers and crafts. They have some great value strawberry plants, redcurrant/blackcurrant bushes, Sweet Williams, pansies, chilli plants, sweet peas, vegetable seedlings and herbs.

There will be live music and a bouncy castle too, so a great day out for a good cause!

Why not go along and have some fun.

Bath Press Site

We are expecting a planning application shortly for a housing and office development on the Bath Press site.

We understand that the development will be of mixed housing and grade A office accommodation.

We are also led to believe that the frontage of the Bath Press building will be preserved in some way or another.

One issue that we are most certainly aware of is that there is no retail on this site.

Once the application is in we will publish full details on this site so residents will be able to have their say on how the site is developed.

In the mean time we would like to hear from residents on what they feel should happen to the site so that we can feed this in at an early stage.

Please contact us to discuss further. 

Claude Avenue ramp safety issues resolved

Following numerous communications from both Councillor Sharon Ball and local activist Sarah Moore and a meeting on-site this morning with BANES officers and Councillor Paul Crossley have led to the safety concerns that were raised finally being listened to and a sensible safety option being accepted.

There is an agreement to place a small railing either side of the ramp entrance and a railing on the pavement alongside the road, leaving sufficient space for bikes to exit the ramp but also ensure safety of pedestrians on the pavement.

Officers are also looking at removing/reducing the number of bollards in place as these railings would offer safety to both those entering and leaving the ramp and those using the pavement.

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Sarah Moore

Fly tipping

We have asked for this old mattress that has been dumped alongside Polamco to be removed as soon as possible.

It is annoying that as we start to get this area cleaned up we get people dumping in the area.

If you saw the person who dumped this then please let us know.

Westmoreland walk around

After a walk around with Curo last week we can report that the following issues were raised to be sorted out and we will be working with both Curo and the Council to resolve these matters.

 Rooksbridge Walk

 We have asked the council to clear the weeds from the footpaths at Rooksbridge walk and Loxton Drive the pictures show these have got out of hand.

We would hope that this work could be carried out quite quickly

Loxton Drive

We have asked the Curo to follow up on their promises and remove the old planters that have now become dangerous.

We have also asked the council to jet wash part of the parking area at Loxton Drive.

May residents have complained about the number 40 just being painted on the stone and we have asked Curo to remove this.

We have asked Curo to tidy up the area beside 31.

Priddy Close

Again we have the problem of fly tipping beside the garages at Priddy Close and we will be working with the council and Curo to have this removed and attempt to identify who is dumping at this location.

Albany Road

Cllr Sharon Ball has been helping residents with the aftermath of a sewer overflow last week and has been in touch with both Curo and Wessex water to identify why the blockage keeps happening.

It seems that there may be one very irresponsible resident who is flushing disposable nappies down the drain and we have asked Curo to write to all their tenants to refrain from this sort of activity.

Lidl at last ( The Final steps )

The work on Lidl is at last starting and will soon be very obvious to residents that live nearby; a protective wooden fence has already gone up around the site, and development of the building starts today.

It was good to meet with senior Lidl staff last week to review progress to date and to learn that the potential opening date was for February 2015, both the Leader of the Council Paul Crossley and Cabinet member Homes and planning Tim Ball were also present.

The asbestos and scrappy sides of the building are to be transformed but the very special roof that is the reason the building is listed are being cleaned and repaired and will be a special feature of the store.

Lidl are delighted with the help we gave them in resolving the impass with the other landowner - Sharon Ball for giving the idea to transport access to the site and Tim Ball for determining that Lidl could clad just their part of the store and leave the rest to the other owner to repair.