Mark Forsyth (Conservative, pictured left) was appointed Chair of Council and Mayor of Bradley Stoke at last night’s Annual General Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council. Cllr Forsyth was elected to the Town Council at the May 2007 election and represents the Primrose Bridge parish ward. At the time of his election, he lived in Saxon Way, but has since
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Bradley Stoke looks likely to have a new Mayor later this week after the current incumbent, Cllr Robert Jones (Conservative), indicated that he plans to step down at the Town Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Cllr Jones, attending one of his last official duties at the start of a sponsored walk in aid of the NACC on Sunday afternoon, told
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is inviting residents to the Annual Town Meeting, to be held this evening (Wednesday 13th May) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road (7:30pm start). The meeting will receive summary reports from the Chair of Council, Cllr Robert Jones, and the Chairs of the Finance & Leisure Committee (Cllr Mark Forsyth) and Planning & Amenities Committee
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is holding a ‘Clean Sweep’ litter picking day between 2:30pm and 6:30pm this Thursday (30th April). Residents are encouraged to “join in the fun” by forming litter picking groups for their local streets or helping out at organised clear ups around the Council’s activity centres at Brook Way, Baileys Court and the Jubilee Centre. South Gloucestershire
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The proposed move of Bradley Stoke’s youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre could lead to the closure of other community groups in the town according to Town Clerk David Chandler. All youth clubs in the town are currently set to be transferred to the Brook Way site from 6th July 2009 following Bradley Stoke Town Council’s decision in
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Wednesday’s meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Finance & Leisure Committee was told that the cost of the new Jubilee Green play park is likely to be £50k more than had been originally estimated. The March meeting of Full Council had been told that tenders for the project would be opened on 3rd April and that work should start
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A new litter picker, recruited by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC), was officially welcomed to his role by Mayor Robert Jones and other Councillors at a photo call on Thursday morning at the Brook Way Activity Centre. Dave Dace, whose official job title is ‘Mobile Cleansing Operative’ (MCO), started work this week and has already begun to make an impression
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has approved an application by Papas Pizzas to trade from the car park of Baileys Court Activity Centre [map] on Thursday and Friday nights. The application was unanimously approved at a Planning Environment & Ameneties Committee meeting on 25th February. Proprietor Santiago Pablo must now obtain a trading licence from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and an
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Bradley Stoke Mayor Robert Jones has received a letter of apology from the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) following the publication of derogatory comments about the town in a Bristol Evening Post (BEP) article. SWRDA Area Director for the West of England and Gloucestershire Ian Knight says he had no editorial control over the article, which carried the headline
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Businesses at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre have been criticised by a local resident for their lack of action in addressing an alleged litter problem on the footpaths surrounding the shopping development. Holly Mieville-Hawkins (pictured with husband Luke Palmer), who lives in Dewfalls Drive, has delivered a protest letter to a number of stores at the centre. In the letter,
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