Transition Bath support for higher Local Planning standards mentioned in report to the Climate Change Committee Background Last year Transition Bath and number of local groups appeared at the Planning Inspectorate public planning examination… Impact of B&NES Placemaking Plan SCR1 Renewable Energy Policy Since B&NES Placemaking Plan was adopted in July policy SCR1 which requires large developments (10 or more homes)… Keynsham Civic Centre named best workplace of 2015 The British Council for Offices (BCO) has named Keynsham's Civic offices as the best workplace for 2015. The… Government consultation on solar PV: 87% cut in FIT support tariffs The government has just announced a consultation which will reduce solar FIT tariffs by 87% from around 12p/kWh… Transition Bath Response to DECC’s proposed changes to the Solar FIT Pre-Accreditation Scheme Transition Bath have responded to the government proposals from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to… Transition Bath Objects to Old Bath Press site planning application In July we objected to the planning application for the Old Bath Press site for 244 new homes… Transition Bath response to Roseberry Place planning application In June Transition Bath responded to the planning application at Roseberry Place, our formal response is here. The… Crowd-sourcing of questions for the Transition Bath Hustings for the 2015 parliamentary elections On March 23rd 2015 we will be holding our Parliamentary Hustings for the prospective parliamentary candidates for Bath… Transition Bath responds to B&NES Placemaking Plan Consultation We have responded on your behalf to B&NES council's Placemaking Plans which will shape plans for Bath into… B&NES Placemaking Consultation This consultation runs until 30th January 2015 and aim to provide the following for Bath: allocate sites for… Transition Bath Carbon Descent Plan: Part 1 – Electricity Summary This first of a number of instalments of Transition Bath’s Carbon Descent Plan which we plan on… B&NES Council dismisses Call In on BWCE £500K loan This morning (29/9/2014) the council’s Scrutiny Panel looked at a motion to delay or withdraw B&NES’s offer of… Bath Western Riverside Energy Centre and District Heating System Bath Western Riverside Energy Centre provides the heating and hot water via a district heating system to approximately… Transition Bath has objected to the revised planning application at Ensleigh North Linden and Bloor Homes, the developers of part of the ex-MOD site at Ensleigh North, have submitted a… Results of Transition Bath North-South Alternative Transport Survey In July’s newsletter we asked you what you thought of 7 potential solutions to solving the difficult problem… North Prospect: Building a Sustainable Community In August Transition Bath was invited by social housing provider Curo along with residents from Bath’s Foxhill estate… Transition Bath Comments on Planning Application for 189 homes at ex-MOD site at Warminster Road We have made the following submission to the planning consultation: "Transition Bath is a charity aiming to build… Has Curo found a solution to the problems of cycling north-south in Bath? Survey: we would be interested in your views Summary During the planning stages of the development of 700 homes on the ex-MOD site at Foxhill in… 2.3 MW Solar Farm gains planning approval at Marksbury B&NES Council have approved a planning application for a solar PV farm at Marksbury, just to the west… B&NES Core Strategy: planning inspector removes Code for Sustainable Homes requirement Unfortunately the planning inspector Simon Emerson has removed B&NES council's requirement for new homes to be built to… What impact do housing standards have on energy costs and CO2 emissions? Summary Transition Bath supports the building of more sustainable homes. This is a statement which 98% of the… Update on Housing Petition to Don Foster and B&NES Council Thank you to the 187 of you who added your names to the petition we wrote to Don… Housing Survey Analysis A big thank you too to everyone who completed our housing survey – more 160 people completed the… The impacts of the Deregulation Bill 2013/2014 on Bath’s future homes Currently B&NES council, where viable, imposes high standards on building development in Bath than the minimum required by… 1 2 Next