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Bath and North East Somerset: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Bath and North East Somerset Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South West; part of the WECA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Bath and North East Somerset for 2026–27: £1,914.03 of a £2,383.42 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- The Universal Farm — open; reason recorded: new provision, 13 April 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £111.5 million |
| Highways and transport services | −£929,000 |
| Children's social care | £50.0 million |
| Adult social care | £85.7 million |
| Public health | £12.7 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.3 million |
| Cultural and related services | −£5.5 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £26.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £5.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £9.6 million |
| Other services | −£4.0 million |
| Total service expenditure | £298.3 million |
Bath and North East Somerset in numbers
- Total population
- 200,028 people
- Median age
- 39 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £28,582
- Gross median weekly pay
- £641
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 16.3%
- Claimant Count
- 1.9%
- Average house price
- £409,045
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 9.8 affordability ratio
- Female healthy life expectancy
- 65.6 years
- Male healthy life expectancy
- 65.3 years
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.5 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 79.3%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 89.5 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 8,770 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
59 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 38, Independent / Other 10, Labour Party 6, Green Party (E&W) 3, Conservative and Unionist 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 59 councillors, by ward
- Kevin Guy (Liberal Democrats) — Bathavon North
- Sarah Warren (Liberal Democrats) — Bathavon North
- Fiona Gourley (Liberal Democrats) — Bathavon South
- Matt McCabe (Liberal Democrats) — Bathavon South
- Manda Rigby (Liberal Democrats) — Bathwick
- Toby Simon (Liberal Democrats) — Bathwick
- Anna Box (Liberal Democrats) — Chew Valley
- David Harding (Liberal Democrats) — Chew Valley
- Sam Ross (Green Party (E&W)) — Clutton & Farmborough
- Bharat Pankhania (Independent / Other) — Combe Down
- Onkar Saini (Liberal Democrats) — Combe Down
- Ann Morgan (Independent / Other) — High Littleton
- Andy Wait (Liberal Democrats) — Keynsham East
- Hal MacFie (Liberal Democrats) — Keynsham East
- Alex Beaumont (Liberal Democrats) — Keynsham North
- George Leach (Liberal Democrats) — Keynsham North
- Alan Hale (Independent / Other) — Keynsham South
- David Biddleston (Labour Party) — Keynsham South
- George Tomlin (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsmead
- Paul Roper (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsmead
- Joanna Wright (Green Party (E&W)) — Lambridge
- Saskia Heijltjes (Green Party (E&W)) — Lambridge
- Lucy Hodge (Liberal Democrats) — Lansdown
- Mark Elliott (Liberal Democrats) — Lansdown
- Simon McCombe (Liberal Democrats) — Mendip
- Michael Auton (Liberal Democrats) — Midsomer Norton North
- Shaun Hughes (Independent / Other) — Midsomer Norton North
- Sarah Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Midsomer Norton Redfield
- Tim Warren (Conservative and Unionist) — Midsomer Norton Redfield
- Jess David (Liberal Democrats) — Moorlands
- Michelle O'Doherty (Liberal Democrats) — Newbridge
- Samantha Kelly (Liberal Democrats) — Newbridge
- Joel Hirst (Liberal Democrats) — Odd Down
- Steve Hedges (Liberal Democrats) — Odd Down
- Ian Halsall (Liberal Democrats) — Oldfield Park
- Grant Johnson (Independent / Other) — Paulton
- Liz Hardman (Labour Party) — Paulton
- Gavin Heathcote (Independent / Other) — Peasedown
- Karen Walker (Independent / Other) — Peasedown
- Paul May (Liberal Democrats) — Publow & Whitchurch
- Chris Dando (Labour Party) — Radstock
- Lesley Mansell (Labour Party) — Radstock
- Chris Warren (Independent / Other) — Saltford
- Duncan Hounsell (Liberal Democrats) — Saltford
- Dine Romero (Liberal Democrats) — Southdown
- Paul Crossley (Liberal Democrats) — Southdown
- Shaun Stephenson-McGall (Liberal Democrats) — Timsbury
- Sarah Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Twerton & Whiteway
- Tim Ball (Liberal Democrats) — Twerton & Whiteway
- John Leach (Liberal Democrats) — Walcot
- Oli Henman (Liberal Democrats) — Walcot
- Eleanor Jackson (Labour Party) — Westfield
- Robin Moss (Labour Party) — Westfield
- Colin Blackburn (Independent / Other) — Westmoreland
- June Player (Independent / Other) — Westmoreland
- Malcolm Treby (Liberal Democrats) — Weston
- Ruth Malloy (Liberal Democrats) — Weston
- Alison Born (Liberal Democrats) — Widcombe & Lyncombe
- Stuart Bridge (Liberal Democrats) — Widcombe & Lyncombe