BANES Local Plan Consultation

The Bath and North East Somerset Council Local Plan is expected to go out for public consultation later this year, following sign off by the Council’s Cabinet.

The emerging Local Plan will set the planning framework for Bath and North East Somerset up to 2042. It will include a clear vision, strategy and planning policies to guide how the district grows and changes over the next 15–20 years, and how planning applications for new development are decided.

As soon as the consultation links are published, we will share details of how you can have your say via our blog: https://twerton-community-news.blogspot.com

Residents in Twerton and Whiteway regularly raise concerns with us about the shortage of family housing and the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). The Liberal Democrats are insisting that the emerging Local Plan must include stronger controls over the conversion of family homes into HMOs, while also proposing solutions to the housing shortage. This will be your opportunity to have your say on these policies and help shape the area.

These include a potential development site to the west of Bath, which could provide much needed local housing for our communities.

Additional Council Housing

If approved, the Local Plan would help unlock new affordable housing across the district. This would include new homes to be provided by the Council and for social rent. The Liberal Democrats are committed to delivering genuinely affordable housing for local residents.

If you would like to discuss this with us, please contact Tim and Sarah who will be happy to meet with you.

Please make sure your voice is heard by taking part in the consultation when it opens

Scheduled Road Work in our area - June - August 2026

Below are details of all planned roadworks that affect our immediate area, some may be just outside the ward but could impact your daily travel. These are shown in date order.

Sheridan Road - 02.03.2026 - 19.07.2026 - Skip on road near 139 Sheridan road, some carriageway incursion

Shophouse Road - 18.03.2026 - 07.07.2026 - Skip on road near 17 Shophouse Road, some carriageway incursion

Wedgwood Road - 20.05.2026 - 16.06.2026 - Skip on road near 26, some carriageway incursion

Pennard Green - 29.05.2026 - 25.06.2026 - Skip on road to rear of 6 Pennard Green, some carriageway incursion 

Eleanor Close - 09.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 - Wales & West Utilities - utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Clyde Gardens - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

High Street - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, two way lights in place

How Hill - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Haycombe Drive - 16.06.2026 - 18.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

The Hollow - 18.06.2026 - 22.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Repair near 70, traffic controls (give and take) in place

Newton Road - 18.06.2026 - 19.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility Repair and Maintenance, 2 way traffic lights in place

Day Crescent - 19.06.2026 - 23.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility Repair and Maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Haycombe Drive - 18.06.2026 - 22.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Utility repair near 23, two way traffic lights in place

Lansdown View - 22.06.2026 - 26.06.2026 - BANES - road resurfacing, full road closure between 07:00 and 19:00 each day

Shophouse Road - 22.06.2026 - 26.06.2026 - BANES - two way traffic lights at junction with Lansdown View to enable resurfacing at junction

High Street - 23.06.2026 - 25.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Repair services near number 110, two way traffic lights in place

Lower Bristol Road - 22.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 - Wessex Water - Sewer renovation works, from 11 Argyle Terrace to Railway Arches West 13, 2 way traffic lights in place

Lower Bristol Road - 26.06.2026 - 28.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Sewer renovation works, I Cross, Station House, 2 way traffic lights in place

Pennyquick Hill - 23.06.2026 - Wessex Water - defect repair near junction with Newton Road, two way lights in place

Clyde Gardens - 29.06.2026 - 01.07.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Connection Road - 29.06.2026 - 01.07.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, full road closure

Lower Bristol Road - 06.07.2026 - 17.07.2026 - BANES - Tree Felling, two way traffic lights in place

Kelston View - 13.07.2026 - 22.07.2026 - National Grid - Utility repair and maintenance, near junction with North Way, 3 way traffic lights in place

North Way - 13.07.2026 - 22.07.2026 - National Grid - Utility repair and maintenance, near junction with Kelston View, 3 way traffic lights in place

Pennyquick Hill - 23.06.2026 - 24.06.2026 - Wessex Water - defect repair near junction with Newton Road, two way lights in place

Haycombe Drive - 03.08.2026 - 18.08.2026 - BANES - road resurfacing between junction with Kelston View to junction with The Hollow (clockwise direction) road closure

The Hollow - 17.08.2026 - 07.09.2026 - National Grid - Utility Asset Works near junction with Kelston View, traffic lights in place

Where roads are closed, we will provide full details of impacts on bus services (if applicable) closer to the date of the works. 

Some work is added to this list at short notice and we will endeavour to let residents know as soon as we have been made aware

BANES Planned road resurfacing works in our area

Location	Ward	Proposed date
Haycombe Drive (phase 1)	Twerton	August 2026
Highland Road	Twerton	Completed
Lansdown View	Southdown	June 2026
Sladebrook Road & Lytton Gardens	Southdown	Completed
Triangle North & Stanley Road West	Westmoreland	Completed

Planning Applications for Twerton and Whiteway Ward - w/c 15.06.2026

This week we have no new planning applications for Twerton and Whiteway.

Disabled parking - Twerton and Whiteway

Last year, Councillor Sarah Moore requested that several advisory disabled bays were upgraded to enforceable bays to aid parking for our less mobile residents, one of these bays is on Garrick Road and two on Highland Road.

As parking is increasingly difficult for all residents we have received more requests to convert advisory bays to enforceable bays as residents are struggling to get from their vehicle to their home due to the distance they have to park.

The key distinctions between an advisory bay and an enforceable bay is that it has a legal Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) assigned to it by the Council and it has a sign erected on a post (or lamppost) on the pavement as close to the bay as possible confirming is it for blue badge holders. All on-street bays are white with the word DISABLED painted on the road next to them. When using these bays a valid blue badge MUST be displayed as a PCN (parking ticket) can be given to non blue badge holders for parking in these bays.

This year we have requested that all other advisory bays in Twerton and Whiteway are converted from advisory to enforceable bays to make sure they can be accessed by our less mobile residents.

Only bays that have been assigned via a TRO are enforceable and so anyone who requests a new advisory bay will not have it automatically "plated".

Scheduled Road Works in our area - June - August 2026

Below are details of all planned roadworks that affect our immediate area, some may be just outside the ward but could impact your daily travel. These are shown in date order.

Sheridan Road - 02.03.2026 - 21.06.2026 - Skip on road near 139 Sheridan road, some carriageway incursion

Shophouse Road - 18.03.2026 - 07.07.2026 - Skip on road near 17 Shophouse Road, some carriageway incursion

Wedgwood Road - 20.05.2026 - 16.06.2026 - Skip on road near 26, some carriageway incursion

Pennard Green - 29.05.2026 - 25.06.2026 - Skip on road to rear of 6 Pennard Green, some carriageway incursion 

Bristol Road (Dual Carriageway) - 08.06.2026 - 09.06.2026 - BANES - Highway improvement works, 1 lane closed

Mill Lane - 08.06.2026 - 10.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, full road closure

High Street - 08.06.2026 - 10.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Eleanor Close - 08.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 - Wales & West Utilities - utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Haycombe Drive - 08.06.2026 - 10.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Repair service near 23, give and take traffice controls in place

Whiteway Road - 09.06.2026 - 11.06.2026 - BANES - railing repair, stop go boards in place

Poolemead Road - 10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - Virgin Media - Utility Asset Works, some carriageway incursion

Wedgwood Road - 10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - Virgin Media - Utility Asset Works, some carriageway incursion

St Michael's Road - 10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Repair service near 13, give and take traffic controls in place

Newton Road - 10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility Repair and Maintenance, 2 way traffic lights in place

Day Crescent - 10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility Repair and Maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Lower Bristol Road - 11.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 - BANES - CCTV drainage, traffic lights in place

Clyde Gardens - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

High Street - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, two way lights in place

How Hill - 16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Lansdown View - 22.06.2026 - 26.06.2026 - BANES - road resurfacing, full road closure between 07:00 and 19:00 each day

Shophouse Road - 22.06.2026 - 26.06.2026 - BANES - two way traffic lights at junction with Lansdown View to enable resurfacing at junction

Lower Bristol Road - 22.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 - Wessex Water - Sewer renovation works, from 11 Argyle Terrace to Railway Arches West 13, 2 way traffic lights in place

Lower Bristol Road - 26.06.2026 - 28.06.2026 - Wessex Water - Sewer renovation works, I Cross, Station House, 2 way traffic lights in place

Pennyquick Hill - 23.06.2026 - Wessex Water - defect repair near junction with Newton Road, two way lights in place

Clyde Gardens - 29.06.2026 - 01.07.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, some carriageway incursion

Connection Road - 29.06.2026 - 01.07.2026 - Openreach - Utility repair and maintenance, full road closure

Kelston View - 13.07.2026 - 22.07.2026 - National Grid - Utility repair and maintenance, near junction with North Way, 3 way traffic lights in place

North Way - 13.07.2026 - 22.07.2026 - National Grid - Utility repair and maintenance, near junction with Kelston View, 3 way traffic lights in place

Pennyquick Hill - 23.06.2026 - 24.06.2026 - Wessex Water - defect repair near junction with Newton Road, two way lights in place

Haycombe Drive - 03.08.2026 - 18.08.2026 - BANES - road resurfacing between junction with Kelston View to junction with The Hollow (clockwise direction) road closure

The Hollow - 17.08.2026 - 07.09.2026 - National Grid - Utility Asset Works near junction with Kelston View, traffic lights in place

Where roads are closed, we will provide full details of impacts on bus services (if applicable) closer to the date of the works. 

Some work is added to this list at short notice and we will endeavour to let residents know as soon as we have been made aware

BANES Planned road resurfacing works in our area

Location	Ward	Proposed date
Haycombe Drive (phase 1)	Twerton	August 2026
Highland Road	Twerton	Completed
Lansdown View	Southdown	June 2026
Sladebrook Road & Lytton Gardens	Southdown	June 2026
Triangle North & Stanley Road West	Westmoreland	Completed

Planning Applications for Twerton and Whiteway Ward - w/c 08.06.2026

This week we have 1 planning application for Twerton and Whiteway, please see the details below and if you want to comment, please follow the relevant link.

Ward:               Twerton                                    App Ref:            26/02047/FUL

Parish:             N/A

Registered:      4th June 2026                           Expiry Date:     30th July 2026

Location:         4 Woodview Terrace  Redland Park Twerton Bath Bath And North East Somerset BA2 1RT

Grid Ref:          (E)371773 - (N)164983                          LB Grade:            N/A

Proposal:         Change of use from 3-bed dwelling (Use Class C3) to 5-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4)

Officer:            Angus Harris

Applicant:        KBR DEVELOPMENTS LTD	Agent:    KBR Developments Ltd
C/o Mr Kevin Read 21C CHUDLEIGH ROAD EXETER EXETER EX28TS	21C Chudleigh Road Exeter EX2 8TS

To view the case click on the link here

Bath Road and travel improvements

Essential work to fix roads and improve walking, wheeling and cycling routes across Bath city centre is being carried out from the end of May onwards. 

Engineering works in Manvers Street will started from 26 May for six months, while works on walking, wheeling and cycling improvements in Bridge Street are set to start on the same date for three weeks. 

Bath & North East Somerset Council anticipates some disruption to travel times and is encouraging people to make the most of its Park & Ride services. Services run regularly from sites around Bath (Newbridge, Odd Down and Lansdown), making it easier to visit shops, attractions and workplaces.  

Ongoing improvements to put in segregated cycle ways across the city and improved access along the Bath River Line are also being carried out throughout the summer and into the autumn. 

Construction of these projects may cause some delays however the council is committed to keeping this to a minimum and has worked closely with contractors and utility companies to coordinate works. Works are also set to be completed before the Bath Christmas Market begins in November. People can check routes on One Network. 

Councillor Lucy Hodge, Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport Delivery, said: “Work on Manvers Street is essential and necessary to ensure the long-term safety and resilience of the road, and to prevent issues occurring with vaults underground, like we’ve already seen in St James’s Parade.

“We appreciate there’s never an ideal time for maintenance works and we are working to minimise disruption. These improvements bringing smoother journeys, safer streets, better walking, wheeling and cycling routes and cleaner air will provide long term benefits for all our communities.” 

Details on individual schemes are on the Transport Action Map here: https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/transport-action-map.