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Council leader Kevin Guy says there is "no intent at all" to give up Bath's World Heritage status. The council's own housing case leans on that status.
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Planning
Bath Gas Works Co-Living Refused, Keynsham 200 Homes Pass
Councillors refused 272 co-living studios at Bath's Old Gas Works against officer advice, 5-4. Keynsham's 200 homes passed 5-4 and Bath Press won 9-0.
Bath
Bath Christmas Lights 2026: No Switch-On, a Snowman Trail
Bath has no Christmas lights switch-on ceremony in 2026. New lights go up instead, with a 12-Snowman sculpture trail from 19 November to 28 January.
Bath
Bath on Ice 2026: 20 Nov to 3 Jan, Adults £16.50
Bath on Ice opens in Royal Victoria Park on 20 November 2026 and runs to 3 January 2027. Adults £16.50, children £14, family £53.50, plus a £2 booking fee.
Bath
Roman Baths at Christmas 2026: Prices, Hours, Torchlight
Roman Baths winter tickets from £23.50 for an adult on a weekday, £26.50 in the week before Christmas. Closed 25 and 26 December; torches lit about 4pm.
Bath
Bath Forum Autumn 2026: John Simpson to Phil Wang, 7 Shows
John Simpson opens the Forum's autumn on 1 October. Cabaret Voltaire, Anton Du Beke, Jools Holland, Del Amitri and Phil Wang follow, up to 28 November.
Community
B&NES Community Awards: Nominate by 29 November
Nominations are open until midnight on 29 November, with a new support animal award and a lifetime achievement prize. Here is how each winner is chosen.
Bath
Bath Christmas Bin Collections: Last Year's Moved Days
Bath's 2026 Christmas bin dates are due in late November. Last year every weekday round moved, three onto Saturdays, and garden waste paused 7 Dec to 19 Jan.
Bath
Bath School Term Dates 2026-27: Christmas Break From 18 Dec
B&NES schools break up for Christmas on Friday 18 December 2026 and return 4 January. Every half term for 2026-27, plus the Bath schools that break up earlier.
Bath
Bath New Year's Eve 2026: Pump Room Ball, Early Trains
Bath's big New Year's Eve 2026 ticket is the Pump Room ball, 7pm to 1am, from £105. No public fireworks are announced; trains may finish early on 31 December.
Transport
Lansdown Road Red Route: Bath Plans No Stopping, Any Time
A red route clearway is proposed on about two miles of Lansdown Road, plus 19 more parking changes in north west Bath. Objections close on 15 October.
What's On
Forest of Imagination Bath: Entry Hill Day Was 26 Sept
Free, no booking: drop-in workshops at Entry Hill on Saturday 26 September, after a pay-what-you-can feast on Friday. What is on and how to get there.
Property
Bath house prices fall £2,941 as all five neighbours rise
The average B&NES home lost £2,941 in the year to July while all five neighbouring councils gained. Flats are back to their January 2022 prices.
Bath Daily covers Bath and the rest of Bath and North East Somerset. That means the city and its own neighbourhoods, Twerton, Combe Down, Batheaston, Bathford and Bathampton, and it also means Keynsham and Saltford out towards Bristol, the old coalfield towns of Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Paulton and Peasedown, and the Chew Valley villages.
Being a World Heritage city changes what local news is here. Almost nothing can be altered without a planning decision, so the planning register is where a great deal of what happens to Bath is settled, months before anyone sees scaffolding. We read that register along with the council’s committee papers and the rest of the public record, and we publish what is in them with the source linked. The practical pages are the other half of the site.
Every fact carries a link to the document behind it.