Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Planning Committee has objected to plans to convert a garage in the car park of the Willow Brook Centre into a takeaway pizza shop. The committee claims the takeaway would “affect the amenity of neighbouring properties” and that there is “already adequate provision of this type of business in the local area”. Councillors have also
Continue readingA new agency branch of Santander Bank has opened in Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. It occupies the same mall unit as the former Nationwide Building Society branch, which closed in mysterious circumstances in February. The new agency is operated by 1st Equity (part of financial services company 1st Group UK of Thornbury), who also ran the Nationwide branch
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Adverts for vacancies at the new Boots store and regional office in Bradley Stoke have begun appearing on the Boots jobs website. A press release put out by the Willow Brook Centre in August stated there would be at least 30 jobs at the new store, while a planning application seeking to install a mezzanine floor in the unit suggested
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The Domino’s pizza chain has submitted a planning application to open a new store in a converted garage in a corner of the car park at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The garage, situated just off the main access road into the town centre site, where the road turns to the right after passing behind the new Poundstretcher store, was
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Has anyone else seen the new parking restrictions at the Willow Brook Centre? I have seen the signs go up but not stopped to read them properly yet. From what others have said there will be a four hour maximum stay allowed. Plus fines for people parking in the disabled bays who do not display a blue badge; which is
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An agency branch of Santander Bank is due to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 16th December. The branch will occupy the same shop unit as the former Nationwide Building Society branch, which closed in mysterious circumstances in February. The new Santander agency will be operated by 1st Equity (part of financial services company 1st Group UK
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A hand car wash and valeting service looks set to open soon in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. A planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council by franchise company Waves Car Wash, seeking permission to change of the use of [some of the] land from “car parking” to “hand car wash and valeting
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Bradley Stoke’s new Harvester Salad & Grill will be officially opened by the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Janet Biggin, at 11am on Tuesday 23rd November. The new restaurant at the Willow Brook Shopping Centre has created 60 jobs for local people, and offers freshly prepared and great value meals for all the family, including Original Spitroast Chicken and
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A new electrical store, trading under the world-famous Panasonic brand, is set to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 4th December. The shop, occupying mall unit 1b (between Subway and Carphone Warehouse), will be operated by Pana Stores (South West) Limited, bringing the company’ s portfolio to a total of six stores, including one in Clifton, Bristol.
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The former Curves ladies-only Gym at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre looks set to re-open as a financial services office. Brookmaker (GP) Ltd, which appears to be a private subsidiary of Tesco, has applied to South Gloucestershire Council to change the use of mall unit 12 from “Gymnasium (Class D2)” to “Financial and Professional Services (Class A2)”. Curves gym, which
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