Councillors for Peasedown St John have released details on how they will spend the requested £350,000 from Bath and North East Somerset Council as its budget approaches.

Councillors Karen Walker and Gavin Heathcote (Independent) have been in discussions with council leaders since November in a bid to ensure Peasedown is not left out of the council’s spending plans.

Cllr Gavin Heathcote said: “The role of any local councillor is to always put their community first. On a regular basis, Cllr Karen Walker and I meet with residents, visit them in their homes, and discuss issues that matter to them.

“After several months of advice surgeries and street surveys, we’ve put together a wish-list of items that residents have told us they’d like to see included in the 2025/26 B&NES Council Budget.”

The councillors have provided a list of areas the money will be spent on if the bid is successful

  • £50,000 for further Bath Road pavement resurfacing
  • £50,000 for a pedestrian crossing on Orchard Way
  • £7,000 to implement a Dunkerton Hill/Ashgrove speed limit reduction
  • £10,000 for additional trees in Orchard Way
  • £50,000 to resurface Old Keel’s Hill
  • £60,000 to resurface Braysdown Lane
  • £30,000 to resurface Whitebrook Lane
  • £100,000 to upgrade five bus stops

Cllr Karen Walker added: “All of our proposals are based on requests that residents have put to us over the last year. The additional funding for pavement improvements and road resurfacing have been two of the most frequent requests.

“The council needs to be doing more to allocate funding for these issues in rural areas, not just in the city of Bath. Peasedown residents pay their Council Tax too and want to see funds distributed more fairly.”

The 2025/26 budget will be agreed by the full council on Tuesday, February 25.