PERA Feedback on Stadium For Bath public consultation – May 2023

June 1, 2023

This is feedback by the Pulteney Estate Residents Association (PERA) to the Stadium For Bath public consultation. As representatives of the largest group of local residents living closest to the Recreation Ground, PERA has attended public consultation meetings and various operational and local resident engagement meetings with Bath Rugby. Despite this, due to the absence … Read More

Bath Carnival licensing statement

Bath Carnival licensing statement

May 18, 2023

We first raised concerns with B&NES about the safety of the 2022 Bath Carnival site on Sydney Gardens in July 2022, and made a number of requests for consultation by the organiser over subsequent months. We are pleased the licence process gave the opportunity for the safety concerns to be considered, and that this year’s … Read More

Proposed cycle route

Proposed cycle route

March 24, 2021

PERA fully supports the Council’s policies on tackling the Climate Emergency and working towards carbon neutrality. We also support the Council’s policy to effect a switch from private cars to mass transport, cycling and walking. The Council’s recent proposal to introduce a cycle route from the City Centre to the University (via Beckford Road and North … Read More

Cleveland Bridge

Cleveland Bridge

August 17, 2020

Council will lift weight limit at Cleveland Bridge following repair Cleveland Bridge is a Georgian bridge of national heritage significance. You can find its Historic Listing here which describes Cleveland Bridge as “one of the finest late Georgian bridges in the Greek Revival style anywhere” and “among the most characteristic examples of a Greek Revival bridge … Read More

Coronavirus

Coronavirus

March 18, 2020

This is a worrying time for all of us but especially for our older members. With the potential plans for people over 70 to be asked to stay at home for up to four months whether they feel unwell or not, we think that it is important that we make plans now to reassure those … Read More

Stadium for Bath

Stadium for Bath

February 17, 2020

17 February 2020 – Temporary planning applications Bath Rugby were granted temporary planning consents in 2015. In summary these increased the height and capacity of the East, West, and South Stands to what they are currently. This January we became aware that Bath Rugby had filed three new planning applications: 20/00135/VAR, 20/00136/VAR and 20/00137/VAR. Although … Read More

Clean Air Zone

Clean Air Zone

October 21, 2019

The second consultation on the Bath Clean Air Zone has now closed.  PERA’s response can be found here. B&NES will now be compiling the Full Business Case for submission to Defra and DoT in December 2019, with the installation of ANPR cameras and signage due to start in January 2020.  The CAZ is scheduled to … Read More

Award winners!

Award winners!

October 5, 2019

We are very proud to report that the reinstatement of overthrow lighting at the front of properties on Great Pulteney Street has won an award at the Georgian Group’s Architectural Awards 2019. Together with the conservation and restoration of historic  street signs across Bath, the overthrow lighting jointly won the Streetscape Initiative award. With the … Read More

Friends of Sydney Gardens

Friends of Sydney Gardens

August 13, 2019

FoSG came into existence in November 2013 when BANES first planned to apply for Heritage Lottery Funding. Although the first application did not proceed, we fully supported the Heritage Lottery bid in 2018 and were delighted when Sydney Gardens was awarded Heritage Lottery Funding of £2.7m.  The planned upgrade to Sydney Gardens that the funding will … Read More

Old St Mary’s Churchyard

Old St Mary’s Churchyard

August 13, 2019

Since PERA merged with Henrietta Park RA in 2017, St Mary’s Churchyard has fallen in PERA’s area.  It has graves from the first half of the 19thcentury: some of Bathwick’s wealthy residents, tradesmen, visitors, & even some servants. The ruined mortuary chapel is by John Pinch the Elder who is buried next to it. After … Read More