A public consultation has been launched to gather local views on a proposal to stage a weekly 5km parkrun event in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The consultation is being run by Bradley Stoke Town Council, some of whose members have voiced concerns about the use of the nature reserve for an event that could attract hundreds of runners every Saturday morning.
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Cllr Dayley Lawrence (Labour) has been elected as the new mayor of Bradley Stoke. He was formally handed the chain of office on Wednesday 17th May at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s annual meeting. It is believed that Cllr Lawrence is the first Labour Party affiliated chair or mayor since the council was formed 30 years ago.
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Revised proposals for a weekly parkrun in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve are to be discussed at the town council’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday (17th May). The parkrun volunteer group has submitted its formal application to South Glos Council, albeit with an updated run route compared to the one that was presented to town councillors in March.
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Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has made a donation to purchase much-needed tea urns and mugs for Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Community Warm Spaces initiative. The gifted items have been donated on behalf of the communities at two of Crest Nicholson’s local developments, Brooklands Park and Highbrook View, both of which are in the adjoining parish of Stoke Gifford.
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A new application to stage a weekly 5km parkrun on Saturday mornings in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve looks set to be formally submitted to the landowner, South Gloucestershire Council, in the coming days. The news comes seven years after a similar application was made following the controversial demise of the Little Stoke parkrun…
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People who live or work in Bradley Stoke are being encouraged to stand for election as a councillor and help represent their local area. The next local elections in South Gloucestershire will be held on Thursday 4th May 2023 and nomination papers for candidates for election to South Gloucestershire Council as well as parish and town councils are now available.
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Bradley Stoke councillors have voted to terminate a long-standing agreement that has seen the town council part-fund an additional part-time police officer on the local beat team. The decision was made after the police force requested a 16% increase in the town council’s contribution from April 2023, along with concerns over whether the council has been getting “value for money”.
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Councillors have expressed “significant concerns” regarding a requested 16 percent annual increase in the town council’s contribution towards the funding of an additional part-time police officer dedicated to Bradley Stoke. They are also unhappy at the “lack of visible police presence” in the town and the “withdrawal of police support for community events”.
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A Bradley Stoke town councillor who resigned from the Conservative Party in protest at alleged bullying of council officers has now joined the Green Party following a brief flirt with Labour. The councillor quit the party to become an independent in May last year, accusing two colleagues of unreasonable behaviour in their interactions with council staff.
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This year’s ‘traditional format’ Bradley Stoke Town Council fireworks display received predominantly positive feedback from those who attended the free event. However, the amount raised for the mayor’s charities through a ‘bucket collection’ once again fell well short of the amounts raised in many previous years.
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