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One Less Collision Hot-Spot On The Public Highway

3 November 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

When former Joint Cabinet Member for Transport at Bath and North East Somerset Council, Cllr Joanna Wright, saw collision data on the Morrisons junction on the London Road, she insisted that council officers review the road layout at the junction. Cllr Joanna Wright, now Green Group leader at B&NES, said: “The data on collisions at […]

BathNES Green Party Gives Red Card to Proposed Rugby Stadium

3 November 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

The proposed stadium development at the Recreation Ground in the centre of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, does not appear to comply with Bath and NE Somerset Council’s policies on: heritage, loss of green space, commercial use in a residential area, noise, transport, lighting, flood risk or public health. The Recreation Ground, however managed, […]

Consultation Opening on Funding New Community Neighbourhood Projects for Bath

20 October 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

Library improvements, new play equipment and a football pitch upgrade are among the neighbourhood projects that residents can choose to benefit from the latest round of community funding. A public consultation running until 30 October asks residents to help decide which applications for Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for Bath should be funded to support […]

Green Councillor Saskia Heijltjes Calls For Better Climate Emergency Scrutiny At BaNES Council

13 September 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

B&NES Council has failed to produce any agenda papers for its latest scrutiny meeting. The Council held the second Climate Emergency and Sustainability Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel at the Guildhall this week (September 14th 2023), but once again failed to send any papers to the Committee members in advance on this vital panel. Green […]

Councillor Saskia Heijltjes Urges Council Rethink on Entry Hill Site

11 July 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

In 2019, Bath and North East Somerset declared a Climate Emergency and a year later, in 2020, also an Ecological Emergency recognising the severity of the degradation of the natural environment and loss of wildlife, the consequences of this, and the urgent need to take action to restore nature. Responding to the Climate Emergency is […]

Scrutiny Panels Must Allow Opposition To Hold Council To Account

25 May 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

“The role that overview and scrutiny can play in holding an authority’s decision-makers to account makes it fundamentally important to the successful functioning of local democracy.” This quote taken from the foreword of the government report ‘Overview and scrutiny: statutory guidance for councils and combined authorities’published in 2019 was mentioned in an induction session for new […]

Greens Win Record Number of Councillors in Bath and NE Somerset

5 May 2023 / 16 July 2024 by dominictristram

The Green Party is celebrating a record-breaking number of councillors in Bath and NE Somerset with three elected: Joanna Wright, Saskia Heijltjes and Sam Ross. Joanna retained her seat in Lambridge and has been joined by Saskia, replacing the previous Lib Dem mayor of Bath. Meawhile in Clutton and Farmborough, Sam has become our first […]