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At the meeting of the Climate Emergency & Sustainability Panel on Monday 23rd February the panel voted to reject the call-in on the Lower Lansdown ETROs.   The vote by the 9 members of the panel was as follows: 5 Lib Dem and 1 Independent For B&NES panel members voting to reject the call-in, 1 Labour panel member voting not to reject the call-in, and 2 abstentions (1 Green and I Lib Dem).   This is clearly a disappointment and came despite five very strong public statements a

A reminder that the The Scrutiny Panel for the call-in on the Lower Lansdown ETROs decision will be the Climate Emergency & Sustainability Panel. The meeting will take place on Monday 23rd February (10am, Guildhall Bath).   You can find the agenda for the meeting here . There will be 13 statements from the public (3 minutes each) - 5 against the decision, 7 for the decision and 1 unknown. There will also be statements from ward Councillors Elliott, Hodge and Roper.   Councill

9 Councillors have signed a call-in paper which means that the decision to make the Winfred's Lane ETRO permanent will go to a Scrutiny Panel. The councillors were 5 Independents, 2 Conservatives and 2 Labour. The panel will be the Climate Emergency & Sustainability Panel and the meeting will take place on Monday 23 rd  February (10am, Guildhall Bath) . The meeting is a public meeting so members of the public can attend in the Public Gallery. A number of opponents of the deci

Heart of Lansdown Conservation Group Media announcement                                                                   2 February 2026   A DANGEROUSLY WRONG DECISION WHICH WILL PUT PEDESTRIANS AND SCHOOLCHILDREN AT RISK AND IGNORES LOCAL RESIDENTS   At the close of business on Friday evening, Bath & North East Somerset Council announced via a two person councillor decision that the closure of Winifred’s Lane in Bath would remain permanent after the implementation of the Lo

Before Christmas B&NES published reports on the Lower Lansdown ETROs. Since then the HoLCG has carried out a detailed examination of the reports and the associated data. This process has revealed many gaps and flaws in the data with regards to Winfred's Lane (WL) and in the analysis of the data. It is clear that the WL trial has failed when measured against B&NES' own stated objectives. The recommendation going to the decision makers contains very minor mitigations that make

The report (read here ) recently released from B&NES Council regarding the ETRO for the closure of Winifred’s Lane confirms overwhelming objections from local residents to the road’s closure. This is no surprise to local residents who have being telling the council members responsible for making a final decision on the closure, for a year, that this is the view of the vast majority of people who live locally, and who know their area best. We can only hope that local residents

The HoLCG submitted a FOI request to the Department of Transport to request information from Active Travel England (ATE) which included a Route Check that they carried out on Winifred's Lane regarding its suitability as a cycleway. The responses from the Department of Transport are attached below. The Results Summary of the Route Check for Winifred’s Lane shows the following: Two policy conflicts  Four critical issues A statement that the "proposed design will likely reduce

It would appear that the decision on whether or not to make the Winifred's Lane ETRO permanent is due very soon. Curiously this will be made as a 'Single Cabinet Member Decision', but by two B&NES Cabinet Members, Councillors Joel Hirst and Manda Rigby.   The HoLCG believes it is important that all B&NES Councillors have the correct facts in front of them.We have sent the letter below to all Councillors including a list of key question that they need to ask as a decision is m

Below are two very interesting sets of data collected by a local resident of Sion Hill. The data was collected by manually counting cars over one hour periods on the stretch on Sion Road approaching the bends around Sion Hill Place.   This data has been shared with Councillors Hirst and Rigby, the Lansdown Councillors Elliot and Hodge, the Leader of the Council Kevin Guy, the responsible Council Officers, and the LTN team.   The data aligns very strongly with the data collect

On Wednesday (Oct 29th) evening  representatives of the HoLCG (Rich Brown, Julian Gooding, & Ian Wilson) attended a meeting with Councillors Manda Rigby and Joel Hirst, Cathryn Brown (Senior Programme B&NES), and Chris Major (Director of Place Management B&NES).   Representatives form other residents' groups also attended - the Sion Hill/Summerhill Road Residents' Association, the Sion Hill Place Residents' Association, the Royal Crescent Society, and the Marlborough Lane/Mar

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Great article below from the 17/4/25 Bath Chronicle! Please distribute widely.   Don't forget that the B&NES consultation on the...

Data shows LTN has raised traffic outside junior and nursery school by 720% - children at increased risk. One of Britain’s worst LTNs?...