Bath Chronicle Articles

14/2/18

14 pictures from the protest against Network Rail’s plans for a new depot in Bathampton

7/6/17

Teresa May Open Letter

5/4/17

Highways England ‘Unable to support’ proposed access to preferred site for fourth Bath Park and Ride
B&NES council accused of keeping Park and Ride opposition “in the dark”

25/3/17
Furious Campaigners call out council for ‘misleading the public’ over east of Bath Park and Ride

 26/1/17
 Strong reaction to Bath & North East Somerset Council decision to choose Site B for Park & Ride
 Political reaction criticises B&NES cabinet’s park and ride decision
 Bathampton Meadows Alliance ‘will continue Bathampton Meadows park and ride fight’

 25/1/17
 Recap: B&NES votes for site B for Bathampton Meadows park and ride
 Bathampton Meadows park and ride: Bath and North East Somerset Council votes for site B

 24/1/17
 Advertisment: Protest to save Bathampton Meadow planned

 21/1/17
 Award winning architect Piers Taylor says using trees to hide bath park & ride ‘grossly misleading’

 18/1/17
 Decision to recommend park and ride on Bathampton Meadows sparks furious reaction

 6/1/2017
 East of Bath park and ride announcement was ‘worst christmas present’ for New Leaf Farm owner

 3/1/2017
 Bath and North East Somerset Council to make east of Bath park and ride decision this month

 16/12/2016
 Plans for new freight consolidation centre to the east of Bath do not have backing of B&NES Council

 13/12/2016
 More HGVs and articulated lorries could drive through Bath if freight delivery depot closes in 2017

 3/12/16
 Bath is pit of parking misery with only 33 AVALIABLE spaces out of 5,083 in city’s six car parks

 25/11/2016
 Motorists struggle to find parking spaces as carmageddon returns for the Bath Christmas Market

 24/11/2016
 More Bath trains and park and ride spaces to help city cope with Bath Christmas Market demand

 24/11/2016
 B&NES cabinet member says none of four eastern P&R sites ‘are on flood plain’

 23/11/2016
 Paving over Bathampton Meadows would exacerbate flooding claim east of Bath park and ride opponents

 22/11/2016
 Flooded Bath: Pictures reveal the flooding Storm Angus has left behind

 21/11/2016
 Flooding and high water levels near Bath after Storm Angus brings flash floods

 21/11/2016
 Saltford bypass and A36/A46 link road among suggestions to tackle Bath and A4 transport woes

 18/11/2016
 Tory Lizzie Gladwyn wins Bath and North East Somerset Council Abbey ward by-election
 Bath and North East Somerset Council questioned over £300,000 for next park and ride work

 14/11/2016
 Final 2016 cabinet meeting cancelled – what does it mean for the east of bath park & ride decision?

 9/11/2016
 Planning inquiry into rejected University of Bath 136 space car park proposal to be held in December

 4/11/2016
 B&NES council calls out ‘misrepresentation’ in damning Odd Down Park & Ride video

 2/11/2016
 Revealed: Why do we keep spotting otters in the River Avon in Bath

 29/10/2016
 Watch: Campaigners host screenings to show parts of Odd Down park and ride are ‘Becoming a ghost town’

 28/10/2016
 Bath and North East Somerset Council seeks £300,000approval to take park and ride plans forward

 19/10/2016
 New coach park on outskirts of Bath would be best for city, says Councillor Anthony Clarke

 17/10/2016
 East of Bath park and ride needed to cope with coaches, says Chamber of Commerce in B&NES head

 14/10/2016
 Work could star on the £65million Bath Quays South as early as next year

 11/10/2016
 Bath and North East Somerset Council due to make east of Bath park and ride decision by end of 2016

 10/10/2016
 Bath MP Ben Howlett urges council to make ‘overdue decision on park & ride’ amidst congestion woes

 19/9/2016
 Bathampton Meadows park and ride protesters voice their opposition at council meeting

 15/9/2016
 Bathampton Meadows park and ride opponents to protest outside Guildhall before full council meeting

 2/9/2016
 New Park and Ride to the east of the city might not ease existing congestion Bath city centre

 3/8/2016
 A-Z street plan of Bath including Bathampton Meadows park and ride on sale at Visit Bath

 20/7/16
 Volunteers build new otter home at Bathampton meadows nature reserve

 19/7/16
 Work starts on creating new park at Bath Quays

 18/7/16
 Bath & North East Somerset Council ‘at point of making decision’ on east of Bath park and ride site

 15/7/16
 MP Ben Howlett calls on Bath A36/A46 link road petition

 8/7/16
 East of Bath park and ride to be discussed in Keynsham next week
 Video: Amy Williams on why a park and ride should NOT be built on Bathampton Meadows

 11/6/16
 £12million for Bath Quays regeneration project is approved

 26/5/16
 Anti-east of Bath park and ride group dispute claim 500 hospital patients a day could use spaces

 14/5/16
 Sunday Telegraph names Bathampton Meadows in Britains top 10 beauty spots under treat

 11/5/16
 BANES residents will have limited speaking time at council meetings under proposed changes

 4/5/16
 Potential east of Bath park and ride decision day pushed back
 Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Cabinet members to review east of Bath park and ride reports

 27/4/16
 Bathampton Meadows Alliance responds to east of Bath park and ride reports
 Prime Minister David Cameron will ‘certainly have a look’ at funding A36/46 link road in Bath

 25/4/16
 Reports on easing traffic to east of Bath – including fourth park and ride – are ready

 7/4/16
 Planning permission to build 20 new homes in Bath refused
 Picture Gallery: Bright spring morning at Bathampton Meadows

 31/3/16
 Security and patrols increase bath’s Odd Down Park and Ride

 23/3/16
 Picture Gallery: Protest at Bath Guildhall against plans for fourth park and ride service

 22/3/16
 Fears over air pollution levels if east of Bath park and ride is built
 East of Bath park and ride petition handed to Number 10 Downing Street

 9/3/16
 Experts to weigh in on east of Bath transport solutions scrutiny day as Lib Dems hit out

 23/2/16
 Extra £300k for Bath transport approved which could be used for link road study

 19/2/16
 Gallery: First seven weeks of 2016 by Bath cartoonist Perry Harris

 7/2/16
 Met Office warns of more strong winds and heavy rain as Storm Imogen heads for Somerset

 Bath flood plains and alleviation works come up trumps as River Avon bursts its banks in Saltford

 2/2/16
 Public scrutiny of plans for park and ride east of Bath just “lip service”, Lib Dem councillors say

 1/2/16
 East of Bath park and ride to be debated again in March

 24/1/16
 East of Bath park ride scrutiny panel yet to be finalised

 11/1/16
 Jacob Rees-Mogg gives petition to House of Commons in bid to block Bathampton Meadows park and ride

 5/1/16
 Bathampton Meadows campaigners ask: Is this the best place for a park and ride

 24/12/15
 Bathampton Meadows park and ride protesters perform alternative version of Christmas carol

 22/12/15
 City centre road to be moved in Bath to make way for flood defences

 12/12/15
 Bath anti park and ride campaigners hold Christmas carols service on Bathampton Meadows

 11/12/15
 Anti-Bath park and ride scheme group to hold Christmas carols celebrating Bathampton Meadows

 17N0V15
 Bathampton Meadows in national competition to be voted best park

 13/11/15
 Bath park and ride: Scrutiny panel to examine options after residents pack Guildhall to debate plans

 12/11/15
 Live Blog: Bath and North East Somerset Council meets to discuss a 4th park and ride site

 10/11/15
 Bath’s Conservative council puts brakes on Bathampton Meadows park and ride debate ahead of meeting

 5/11/15
 Bath park and ride: Lib Dems on the consultation result

 4/11/15
 Park and Ride: Confusion over Bath consultation results
 Park and Ride: Bath MP Ben Howlett wants city leaders to ‘hold their ground’ over plans

 3/11/15
 National Trust says no to park and ride development on Bathampton Meadows

 2/11/15
 Business group including Bath Chamber of Commerce on why Bath needs a park and ride to the east

 24/10/15
 Bath Park and Ride: CPRE says no to Bathampton Meadows development

 23/10/15
 Pictures: Bathampton Meadows on a misty morning

 18/10/15
 Council re-opens consultation on Bathampton Meadows park and ride
 Bathampton Meadows park and ride consultation closes earlier than expected
 Big Yellow Taxi protest against park and ride at Bathampton Meadows
 Bathampton park and ride protesters sing Big Yellow Taxi: Video
 Olympian Amy Williams calls park and ride plans for Bathampton Meadows “heart breaking”
 Two hundred sing Big Yellow Taxi in protest to park and ride at Bathampton Meadows

 16/10/15
 Jacob Rees-Mogg backs campaigners to save Bathampton Meadows from park and ride development

 15/10/15
 Park and ride: Jacob Rees-Mogg MP to visit Bathampton Meadows
 Bathampton protesters to sing: ‘Don’t pave paradise, don’t give us a park and ride’
 Mist rising over Bathampton Meadows
 Park and ride row turns political as consultation nears end

 13/10/15
 Bathampton: Beautiful autumn pictures
 Emissions row breaks out ahead of Bath park and ride consultation closure

 10/10/15
 Bathampton farmer says new park and ride will cut family farm in half

 8/10/15
 Final ten days for consultation on new east of Bath Park and Ride site

 6/10/15
 Bath’s Amy Williams says no to park and ride at-Bathampton Meadows
 Councillor will defend residents if vote goes ahead to swap meadow for new Bath park and ride

 5/10/15
 Batheaston campaigners say no to east of Bath park and ride

 24/9/15
 Liberal Democrats say the council should re-run its park and ride consultation

 23/9/15
 Protesters shout ‘save our meadows’ at Bath park and ride consultation
 A36/A46 link road: Chancellor George Osborne writes to MPs about funding

 23/9/15
 Picture gallery: Protest held against plans for a new park and ride site

 16/9/15
 Residents invited to east of Bath park and ride public consultations

 14/9/15
 Bath MP Ben Howlett encourages residents to have their say on park and ride consultation

 10/9/15
 Three sites considered for Bath’s next Park & Ride are ‘inferior to the fourth possibility’

 2/9/15
 Bath park and rail: Criticism over decision to drop scheme

 28/8/15
 Consultation on Bath’s eastern park and ride site welcomed

 26/8/15
 Plans for Bath park and rail scheme abandoned

 21/7/15
 Pulteney Weir could be changed to protect Bath from flooding

 11/5/15
 Ian Bell column: Why park & ride is so important

 28/4/15
 Bath and North East Somerset Council under fire from Conservatives as Bath becomes “gridlocked”

 14/11/14
 Conservatives question the delivery of Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Getting Around Bath transport strategy

 29/6/14
 Meeting held to discuss how to solve Bath’s transport problems

 7/6/14
 Park and ride east of Bath still an option for city

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