The likelihood that thousands of new homes will be built on Woodlands Golf Course near Bradley Stoke has increased after the location was identified as a ‘preferred site’ in the latest draft of South Gloucestershire Council’s emerging Local Plan. Local Conservative councillors have opposed building on the golf course site, saying it will be “enormously damaging for Bradley Stoke” and lead to “traffic chaos”.
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A 37-year-old man has been charged following an investigation into sexual assaults committed in the Bradley Stoke area in the summer of 2022. From a total of four charges, two relate to incidents in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve while the other two relate to incidents at Primrose Bridge. The man has been released on conditional bail to appear at court on Tuesday 19th March.
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Senior staff at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) say they are “delighted” that Ofsted has confirmed that the all-through academy “continues to be a good school” following a visit by inspectors last November. The latest Ofsted visit came more than five years after the school was given an overall grading of ‘good’, with some ‘outstanding’ aspects, at its last inspection in May 2018.
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Entries have now opened for the 2024 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 9th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre. The race route takes in much of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as well as stretches along Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way.
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A Bradley Stoke man is among a group of people charged with robbery and carrying a bladed article following an incident at a local petrol filling station. Police were called to the BP filling station on the A38 Gloucester Road in Woodhouse Down, near Almondsbury, at 3am on Friday after staff reported that someone armed with a large knife or sword had forced their way into the forecourt shop.
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The One Below discount store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre will close down this Sunday (14th January), according to notices displayed in the shop’s windows. An “everything must go” clearance sale is currently in progress with “up to 50 percent off”. One Below opened at the centre in September 2019. Prior to this the One Below unit had been occupied by Poundworld.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has scaled back its programme of regular ‘meet your councillor’ events after an initiative to host additional sessions at a range of new locations across the town failed to stimulate increased engagement from residents. Going forward, the events will revert to being held just once a month, on the last Saturday of the month, at the Willow Brook Centre.
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Illuminated Christmas-themed motifs have been installed on lamp posts surrounding three roundabouts on Bradley Stoke Way following a town council decision to allocate a first-year budget of £10,000 for the initiative. The costs incurred to date are £4,157 to purchase the motifs, £2,400 to install power supplies and £1,980 to erect and take down the motifs.
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South Glos Council has published further details of plans to create a near-continuous, two-way segregated cycle track along the full length of Bradley Stoke Way. The route is part of a wider £31.8m scheme to improve walking, cycling and bus travel between Thornbury and south Bradley Stoke. Residents are encouraged to have their say on the proposals by 18th December.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has announced plans to install a suite of free-to-use outdoor gym equipment on Jubilee Green, adjacent to the existing Beacon Play Area. Following lengthy discussions that have spanned several years, councillors have agreed to proceed with the project which has a estimated cost of between £65,000 and £90,000.
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