Two Tunnels project to compete on TV for funding

People are being invited to vote for a project to restore the Two Tunnels Path, in Bath, to be awarded a cash boost from the Big Lottery Fund as part of a television show to be screened later this year.

Two Tunnels Path project is one of 79 schemes that together make up Connect2 - a UK-wide Sustrans project .

Connect2 is competing for £50 million of funding that will be given away following a TV programme and public vote. The funding comes from the Big Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks: The People’s Millions, and in early December there will be a television programme on each of the Living Landmarks projects competing to win the £50 million.

At the end of the week the telephone lines will open, and then everyone will get the chance to vote and help to make Two Tunnels a reality.

The Council and local councillors Will Sandry and Shaun McGall are working closely with Sustrans, the charity behind the Connect2 project, to ensure as much local support as possible.

Below is a link that takes you to a registration form – please do enter your email and mobile number so that you can be informed of when the TV programme will be shown and the number to phone to vote for Connect2. Your details will only be used to give you this information, and because the vote may be at a weekend, your asked to provide your mobile number if possible. You will not be charged for any texts sent to your phone regarding Connect2.

Please click the link below to register your contact details:
http://survey.sustrans.org.uk/banes

For more information about Connect2 please visit http://www.sustransconnect2.org.uk/

Planning Applications in Oldfield Ward w/c 25/10/07

All representation must arrive no later than the 19th November 2007.

Ward: Westmoreland
App Ref: 07/03105/FUL
Registered: 10th October 2007
Expiry Date: 9th January 2008
Location: Former George Yeo Site, Lower Bristol Road, Bath. BA2 3EA
Grid Ref: (E)373343 - (N)164856
Proposal: Erection of purpose built student accommodation providing 333 bed spaces
Planning Case Officer: Sarah James
Applicant: Unite Group Plc, The Core, St Thomas Street, Bristol. BS1 6JZ
Agent: Stride Treglown Ltd, Promenade House, The Promenade, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 3NE

To find out more about this application click here.

Planning Applications in Oldfield Ward w/c 18/10/07

All representation must arrive no later than the 9th November 2007.

App Ref: 07/03075/FUL
Registered: 5th October 2007
Expiry Date: 30th November 2007
Location: Proposed Erection Of Two Dwellings Englishcombe Lane, Bath, BA2 2EE
Grid Ref: (E)373840 - (N)163122
Proposal: Erection of two dwellings on land behind 61 - 63 Englishcombe Lane
Planning Case Officer: Neil Harvey
Applicant: P Coventry Esq, 12 The Pasturet, Lower Westwood, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire. BA15 2BH
Agent: Stephen P Dalley Smith, Meadow Farm, Bathampton, Bath. BA2 6SL

To find out more about this application click here.

Recycle your old electrical goods

The Council has installed new facilities for residents to recycle any type of household electrical item. The Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations which came into force earlier this year means that any unwanted electrical product should now be re-used or recycled wherever possible and not disposed of to landfill.

The Council’s three Recycling Centres at Keynsham, Bath and Old Welton have been provided with recycling banks which will take a full range of large and small household electrical appliances from vacuum cleaners to hairdryers, from TVs to electric lawnmowers.

Cllr Sandry and Cllr McGall are pleased the Council is extending the range of materials local residents can recycle. The Council will be actively encouraging residents to keep their old electrical goods out of household waste bins and instead separating them for recycling.

Althought the new Tory-Controlled Council has set targets for recycling, the Liberal Democrats believe that we should be aiming for a zero waste situation.

To find out more about the WEEE regulations and how you can recycle your old electrical goods, please contact Council Connect on 01225 39 40 41, email Councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk; or visit the Council’s website.

"Englishcombe Inn" applies for extended license to sell alcohol

The Englishcombe Inn on Englishcombe Lane has applied for an extention to its licence to sell alcohol under the Licensing Act 2003. Local residents have until the 1 November 2007 to write in with their comments. The Council must consider each representation on its own merits and would have to take into account the substance of the comment / objection when determining whether the resident was close enough to the premises to be affected.

Our reference: 07/03049/LAPRE
Premises:Englishcombe Inn, 157 Englishcombe Lane, BathBA2 2EL

Variation: To extend the sale of alcohol

Monday-Thursday 10:00 hrs to 00:00 hrs,
Friday -Saturday 10:00 hrs to 00:30 hrs,
Sunday 10:00 hrs to 00:00 hrs
All Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve and Boxing Day 10:00 hrs to 02:00 hrs

To Permit regulated entertainment comprising Live music and voice (acustic and amplified). Recorded music including Juke Box and Karaoke with or without DJs. Compere for functions and quizzes etc. Pub games in front of audience and Video entermainment.

Last date for representations:1 November 2007 (28 days from date received)

Activities:

Sale of Alcohol Sunday to Thursday 10:00 - 00:00
Sale of Alcohol Friday and Saturday 10:00 - 00:30
Indoor Sporting Event Every Day 19:00 - 23:30
Performance of Live Music Every Day 20:00 - 23:30
Performance of Recorded Music Sunday to Thursday 10:00 - 00:00
Performance of Recorded Music Friday and Saturday 10:00 - 00:30

You can complete the form online here... Or you can down load the form from here...

For further information please contact:

Burniece Brown
Team Administrator
Licensing Services
9-10 Bath Street
Bath BA1 1SN
Telephone: (01225) 477531
Email: licensing@bathnes.gov.uk

Community to be at heart of new planning policies

Work to put together a new generation of planning policies which will set out the broad locations for new housing, jobs and community facilities hasbeen launched by the Council.

The new Council’s (conservative) Cabinet met in early September to consider the launch of the Core Strategy which will lead to a planning “blueprint” for development and regeneration across the district.

Local residents are invited to have their say on the plan from 25 September (until 17 December). This will give residents the earliest opportunity in helping to identify issues around the use of land.

The Core Strategy is the first of a new generation of planning policy documents. It will become the key document used by the Council to underpin decisions on a wide range of planning issues- from planning applications, to negotiations around regeneration and the location of new housing. The Strategy will come into force from 2010 to 2026.

Before the Council decides on specific proposals for the use of land, it wants to set out the best ways of working with the public to identify their views on the future use of land in urban and rural areas.

The Core Strategy will be a key document in articulating and delivering some elements of other strategies, in particular the Sustainable Community Strategy and emerging Council 'Visions'.

The Council has identified a number of key issues that will be facing the district over the next 20 years, it would like to hear further suggestions about what matters to local communities and their views on the issues that the Council has identified. The Council will involve residents from the earliest opportunity so that they can have a direct input on planning issues of the future.
This Strategy is required of all local authorities by the Government, the Council must work within national Government guidelines and regional policies set out by the South West Regional Assembly. The guidelines cover a range of issues required by economic growth, including provision of new housing, locations of retail businesses, and environmental issues. The Council is required to meet specific targets around these issues.

It is important to remember that the Council does not have a blank canvas when it comes to planning for the future of our area- there are national and regional planning policies and standards which must followed. However it is in the Core Strategy that local decisions will be made which will have a direct impact on the future use of land in urban and rural areas.’

Cllr Sandry and Cllr McGall hope that the public consultation will spark-off discussions about the future of the area and espeically Oldfield Park. The Core Strategy will have an impact on everyday life for people who live and work in the district.

Take a look at our Core Strategy launch document and other publicity material www.bathnes.gov.uk/corestrategy

Updates on consultation can be found here:

http://consultations.bathnes.gov.uk/inovem/consult.ti/Core_Strategy/listevents

For more information contact the Planning Policy Team.