{
 "path": "/topics",
 "title": "Bath by topic: planning, buses, schools and more · Hey Bath",
 "description": "Eleven groups and 34 topics, from planning applications to bus times, read from 152 public sources. Pick one to see the whole of Bath, then narrow it to…",
 "canonical": "https://heybath.uk/topics",
 "generated_at": "2026-10-10T07:21:09.522Z",
 "data": {
  "counted_at": "2026-10-10T06:24:36.640Z",
  "groups": [
   {
    "key": "street",
    "name": "Your street",
    "question": "What’s changing near my door?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Planning",
      "path": "/planning",
      "blurb": "Every application and decision, newest first.",
      "count": "16 new this week",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Licensing",
      "path": "/licensing",
      "blurb": "Premises licences, pavement cafés and street trading, with the date comments close.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Problems",
      "path": "/problems",
      "blurb": "Potholes, broken lights and fly-tipping, and whether they’re fixed.",
      "count": "2,046 reports",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Bins",
      "path": "/bins",
      "blurb": "Your next collections, by postcode.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Crime",
      "path": "/crime",
      "blurb": "Street crime by month and what the police are working on.",
      "count": "32 area-months",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Power cuts",
      "path": "/power",
      "blurb": "Live cuts and when they should be fixed.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Homes",
      "path": "/housing",
      "blurb": "House sales and energy ratings, as summaries of streets and areas, never single homes.",
      "count": "21,345 homes with an energy rating",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Broadband",
      "path": "/broadband",
      "blurb": "Speeds and full fibre by postcode, from Ofcom.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": true
     },
     {
      "name": "Mobile signal",
      "path": "/mobile-signal",
      "blurb": "4G and 5G coverage by address, from Ofcom.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": true
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "around",
    "name": "Getting around",
    "question": "Can I get there, and how?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Roads",
      "path": "/roads",
      "blurb": "Closures, traffic orders and diversions.",
      "count": "57 closures and orders",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Roadworks",
      "path": "/roadworks",
      "blurb": "Every permit to dig up a road, from Street Manager.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": true
     },
     {
      "name": "Buses",
      "path": "/buses",
      "blurb": "Stops, routes and times, with live lateness.",
      "count": "1,313 bus stops",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Trains",
      "path": "/trains",
      "blurb": "Bath Spa and Oldfield Park departures.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": true
     },
     {
      "name": "Parking",
      "path": "/parking",
      "blurb": "Every council car park and park and ride.",
      "count": "42 car parks",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "EV charging",
      "path": "/charging",
      "blurb": "Public chargers, their speed and who runs them.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Fuel prices",
      "path": "/fuel",
      "blurb": "Petrol and diesel prices at each forecourt.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "whatson",
    "name": "What’s on",
    "question": "What can I do?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "What’s on",
      "path": "/whats-on",
      "blurb": "Everything on, by day, from every venue we can read.",
      "count": "709 things coming up",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Cinema",
      "path": "/whats-on/cinema",
      "blurb": "Today’s films at the Little Theatre.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Bath today",
      "path": "/today",
      "blurb": "The short written round-up, every morning at 6am.",
      "count": "8 editions",
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "environment",
    "name": "Environment",
    "question": "Is anything coming?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Environment",
      "path": "/environment",
      "blurb": "River, air, weather and power together.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Weather",
      "path": "/weather",
      "blurb": "Now, today and any warnings.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "River",
      "path": "/river",
      "blurb": "Avon levels, flood alerts and warnings.",
      "count": "5 river gauges",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Air",
      "path": "/air",
      "blurb": "Air quality and pollen.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Sewage overflows",
      "path": "/river/overflows",
      "blurb": "Storm overflows on our rivers and when they last spilled.",
      "count": "239 overflows",
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "council",
    "name": "Council",
    "question": "What’s being decided for me?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Council",
      "path": "/council",
      "blurb": "Councillors, spending, contracts and council tax.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "food",
    "name": "Food and drink",
    "question": "Is it any good, and what’s new?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Food and drink",
      "path": "/food",
      "blurb": "Hygiene ratings for every café, pub, restaurant and shop.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "health",
    "name": "Health and care",
    "question": "Where’s help, and is it good?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Health and care",
      "path": "/health",
      "blurb": "GPs, dentists, pharmacies and care homes, with inspection ratings.",
      "count": "166 places",
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "schools",
    "name": "Schools",
    "question": "What about the kids?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Schools",
      "path": "/schools",
      "blurb": "Every school and nursery, with Ofsted and term dates.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "sport",
    "name": "Sport",
    "question": "How are our teams doing?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Sport",
      "path": "/sport",
      "blurb": "Bath Rugby, Bath City and the rest: fixtures and match days.",
      "count": "52 fixtures",
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "places",
    "name": "Places",
    "question": "What’s worth seeing?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "Places",
      "path": "/places",
      "blurb": "Locals’ picks, venues, museums, pubs and walks.",
      "count": "90 places",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Areas",
      "path": "/areas",
      "blurb": "The 32 areas of Bath and North East Somerset.",
      "count": "32 areas",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Postcodes",
      "path": "/postcodes",
      "blurb": "Every postcode district and sector, with what’s happening in it.",
      "count": "5,930 postcodes",
      "coming_soon": false
     },
     {
      "name": "Listed buildings",
      "path": "/places/listed",
      "blurb": "Is it listed? Every listed building, from Historic England.",
      "count": null,
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "key": "news",
    "name": "News",
    "question": "What are people saying?",
    "topics": [
     {
      "name": "News",
      "path": "/news",
      "blurb": "Headlines from every local source, a line each and a link.",
      "count": "341 headlines",
      "coming_soon": false
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}