Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Planning Committee have voted to object to a planning application for a new helicopter base on land near the M4/M5 Almondsbury Interchange, following petitioning by local residents. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) chose to quash its original decision to grant permission for the new emergency services helibase after an Almondsbury resident asked for the
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With the future of the Little Stoke parkrun under threat after Stoke Gifford Parish Council signalled its intention to levy a charge of £1 per runner towards the maintenance costs of Little Stoke Park, it has been revealed that Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve (LNR) is being considered as an alternative venue for the popular Saturday morning running
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Town Mayor Roger Avenin recently attended a community event to mark ‘Holi‘ in Bradley Stoke. The South Gloucestershire Asian Project had utilised publicly available backing from Bradley Stoke Town Council’s grant funding, which supports non-profit organisations and community groups. The Mayor was invited along with other councillors to partake in the event. Cllr Avenin commented: “I would like to publicly thank the South Gloucestershire
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Bradley Stoke’s new concrete skate park, commissioned by the town council at a cost approaching £300,000, is now available for use by members of the public following a low profile “soft opening” on Monday 14th March. Floodlights, allowing year-round use of the facility up to its official closing time of 9.30pm, are due to be installed over the next few
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Bradley Stoke Journal editor Stephen Horton was pleased to be invited to meet up with Graham Baker, Bradley Stoke Town Council’s youth participation worker, to view progress on the new skate park being constructed in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. We were joined by James, Ash, Tom and Josh, just four of a group of around a dozen
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has terminated the contract of a kebab van operator who rented a pitch in the car park of Brook Way Activity Centre after the trader breached conditions relating to late payment of fees and non-attendance. Ozzy’s Kebabs took over the pitch previously used by Oasis Food in 2013, but didn’t begin trading until the following year.
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Construction work has finally begun on a new skate park for Bradley Stoke, at a new location within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. Councillors, council officers and local young people recently met on-site to mark the occasion. Town Mayor Cllr Roger Avenin commented: “I am pleased to have officially started the construction of the new skate park development for Bradley Stoke. The
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Work on a £250,000+ project to construct a new concrete skate park in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre could finally get under way within the next few weeks, subject to planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granting approval following a protracted evaluation of the town council’s planning application. At the time funding was secured for the project in
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On Sunday 1st November 2015, Bradley Stoke Town Council hosted its annual fireworks event for the thirteenth year running. It was another successful year, where thousands came out to enjoy the fireworks once more. The Mayor, Cllr Roger Avenin, commented: “I and many others, enjoyed yet another wonderfully successful fireworks event in Bradley Stoke. It’s a fantastic community-building occasion, and it allows us to look
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a new concrete skate park within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The existing skate park will be demolished in advance of the construction of the new one. This will yield eighteen car park spaces for the leisure centre, however, the construction of the
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