Hundreds of campaigners expected to march in Bath on April Fool’s Day in call to meet council chiefs

Hundreds of protestors will take to the streets of Bath tomorrow on an April Fools Day march to demand council leaders meet them over controversial changes in the city Bath is bracing itself for its third big protest in as many months, as angry residents take to the streets of the city centre tomorrow (April…

On Monday 27th March, we delivered our joint petition to the Council setting out that we have no confidence in them to take decisions that are in the best interests of those who elected them. This is joint with our friends from Save Bath Library, Bath Against Cuts, Stop the Arts Cuts (Theatre Bath) and…

We are holding a Fun Run on 23rd April going across our Meadows. Please do join us here.

The BBC “Inside Out West” Programme about pollution in Bath highlighted the unacceptably high levels of pollution caused by vehicles in Bath.   Following the programme the Bathampton Meadows Alliance have issued the following statement to the Chronicle. Alliance spokesperson, Sian James, said: “The results of this BBC investigation into air pollution in Bath sadly…

Following the Cabinet’s decision on the site for the Park and Ride on 25th January there was a call-in by a number of councillors. There was a panel put together to hear this call-in on 23nd February the decision was made 5-4 to dismiss the call-in and therefore the decision on the site will go ahead. We…

At the public meeting on 23rd February, the Scrutiny Panel will receive a statement from both the Cllr Anthony Clarke (Con, Lansdown), Cabinet Member for Transport, and from Alison Millar on behalf of councillors who requested the Call-In. The Panel is also keen to hear from local people and stakeholders who have a view on…

We have joined together with the Save Bath Library campaign, Bath Against Cuts and the Stop (B&NES) Arts Cuts to launch a petition calling on B&NES to reverse the Park & Ride decision, the relocation of Bath central library, and the cuts to the arts budget. These are all hugely unpopular decisions which will impact…

Response by Bathampton Meadows Alliance to decision by B&NES cabinet to build a park and ride on Bathampton Meadows taken on 25th January “We are very disappointed that reason did not prevail last night, and that the council is pressing ahead with this ill-conceived and hugely costly plan. But we are not surprised, sadly. Several…

 The farmer whose family own one of the two proposed sites for Bath’s new Park & Ride has been refused planning permission for two temporary shepherds huts because, planners said, it was ‘inappropriate development’ and would harm the green belt.  Farmer Steve Horler, who has been campaigning for more than a year to save his…