Redland Park Litterpick

 We were pleased to be joined by local residents to help with the Community Litterpick in Redland Park this morning.

We have collected 15 bags of rubbish and managed to clear up part of the estate.  We will be back next Saturday at 10.45am to continue with the clear up and so if any others would like to join us to help make a difference to your area please do.

We will put up the event on the Twerton & Whiteway Wombles facebook page.

Arch 5-6, Old Twerton Station Railway Arches East, Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath,

Change of use from Use Class B8 (Storage or Distribution) to Use Class D2 (Gym) and associated works.

An update to the planning application for this site have been published,  residents still have a few days to comment on this application.

https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/webforms/planning/details.html?refval=20%2F02671%2FFUL

https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/webforms/planning/details.html?refval=20%2F02672%2FLBA

Bus Shelters Twerton

We are pleased to see that the Bus Shelter in Poolemead Road has been repaired with new metal grids being put in place of the glass.

We are chasing the council to get the two Bus shelters at Newtown Road repaired using the same methods.

We will publish further updates as they become available.

Update to rubbish and recycling collection times from August 2020

Bath anad North East Somerset councile are reviewing operating times to help crews during the hot weather. Rubbish and recycling collections will now start from 6am (instead of 7am) and will finish later than previously. Residents must leave their waste and recycling containers at the front edge of their property by 6am (one hour earlier) on their normal collection day. To ensure collections are not missed, residents are advised to put their containers out the night before their collection day (no earlier than 8pm).
Collection times are likely to vary throughout the day and bins may need to be left out longer than they normally would. Once bins have been collected, residents must bring their empty containers back in as soon as possible on their collection day.
Summary of changes to rubbish and recycling collection times

• Collections now start an hour earlier from 6am
  
• Crews may arrive earlier or later in the day than previously
  
• Collection times are likely to vary throughout the summer
  For more information and the latest updates please visit the Rubbish page of our website: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/rubbish
  If you have any concerns regarding the updated collection times, please contact Council Connect on 01225 394041
  

Disabled parking bays and pedestrianised areas City Centre

Residents have been asking about parking in the city centre and what areas have restricted access for cars and what is now a pedestrian area.

A map is below that may help.

Ward Councillor Empowerment Fund - Deadline approaching

Tim and Sarah still have some money from the Ward Empowerment Fund for 2020/2021 that is available to address concerns or needs in the local community. 

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2020 for project completion before 31 March 2021.

More information can be found here.

Projects must: 

• meet at least one of the Council’s Corporate priorities:- 
• address the climate emergency 
• deliver for local residents 
• focus on prevention 
• give people a bigger say

• be supported by the local community, village, neighbourhood, Parish or Town Council (where relevant). demonstrate where possible match funding or equivalent in-kind support (eg volunteer time). 
• evidence of need and demonstrate how they will address local priorities. 
• evidence that there is community support and or community consultation has been carried out. 
• have a lead organisation and with a valid bank account.

Please do get in touch with Tim or Sarah if you are aware of anything in the Twerton/Whiteway ward that you think could benefit from this funding.

Twerton Talks - 11th July 2020

We had a really positive and productive weekly Twerton Talks Zoom meeting yesterday.

A number of ward wide issues and concerns were identified as well as discussions on what additional things would be great to have in our area and we are now compiling a full list of these to work through and find ways of delivering what we can whilst having large financial constraints.

 A number of these will require working in collaboration with residents, various housing associations and 3rd parties to deliver and we will be happy to provide updates on each of them as we are able to.

Remember this is YOUR community and we are happy to provide help where we can to make it the best it can be, but residents also need to do their bit.  So many of you already do volunteer, go out and pick up litter in your street or sweep outside your properties and we are really grateful for that, if more residents could help even if it is just ensuring that rubbish is not put out too early and only put out in the bins/reusable sacks that are provided and recycling is also put out in bins with lids (all of which are provided by the Council) that would help to reduce the amount of litter. If you require additional receptacles these can be ordered using this on-line link.

We have raised specific concerns about the mess made by recycling and rubbish collection staff themselves and asked that they are reminded to pick up anything they may drop during the emptying of the boxes/bins/bags to help keep our streets cleaner. 

Finally, we are pleased that a bid for CIL funding for a project we have been working on with Whiteway Community Association has received unanimous committee agreement and has passed onto the next stage of the process to get full approval, before we will then receive the money to complete the work.  We are hoping to make this announcement in September 2020 and will obviously let you all know as soon as we have any news.

If you have anything you would like to discuss or ideas your think would make our area a better place to live, please do get in touch.