Decision details

At a Special Cabinet meeting on 25 January 2017, Cabinet considered an extensive report on the need for a Park & Ride (P&R) to the east of Bath and authorised the Strategic Director, Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport and Highways to make all necessary arrangements to implement a P&R at either site B or site F, subject to certain conditions.

This report outlines the work undertaken since January 2017.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet agreed to:

1.1  Cease progressing site B as a possible location for a Park & Ride site to the east of Bath for access safety reasons and because it has not been possible to negotiate the purchase of the land within a reasonable timescale; and to cease progressing site F because of potential access safety issues.

1.2  Continue to implement new opportunities emerging from the Joint Transport Plan for the West of England and new mayoral transport powers associated with the recently created West of England Combined Authority to address the transport issues facing Bath and North East Somerset to ensure that we sustain economic growth and support the provision of new homes.

1.3  To continue to investigate and implement approved schemes as identified in paragraph 4.13 of this report.

Further work conducted by officers since January 2017 indicates that a suitably safe access for visitors, residents and other users of the P&R cannot be achieved and therefore sites B and F cannot be pursued further.

Members will be aware that 21 sites have been reviewed as part of the evaluation process to find a suitable site for an east of Bath P&R and 19 of these were discounted prior to the Cabinet meeting in January 2017. No additional sites for a P&R to the east of Bath have been identified beyond Sites B and F.