A newly opened £37,000 extension to the car park at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Brook Way Activity Centre site is having to be closed off by 4pm each day because of a dispute over light pollution. The new parking zone has been constructed on part of the former hard court sports area at the site (pictured below), which had lain
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Work set to start soon on Brook Way car park
Work to create 20 new parking spaces at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Brook Way Activity Centre site could finally get under way in October, more than six years after redevelopment proposals were first put forward. The future of the dilapidated hard court area at the centre has been the subject of much controversy, not least when, in September 2013, the
Continue readingNew plans submitted for car park extension at Brook Way Activity Centre site
Ambitions to provide additional parking spaces at the combined doctors’ surgery and community centre site at Brook Way have taken a step forward with the submission of a revised planning application for the redevelopment of the dilapidated hard court area. The move comes four months after Bradley Stoke Town Council withdrew its previous planning application because officers at South Gloucestershire
Continue readingSetback for car park extension at Brook Way
Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has suffered a setback in its ambitions to redevelop the dilapidated hard court area in the grounds of Brook Way Activity Centre after officers at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) indicated they were minded to refuse planning consent for a proposed scheme that would see the area converted to additional car parking spaces and green open
Continue readingTown council reveals plan for changes at Brook Way Activity Centre site
Following a decision reached at Full Council in July, Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has revealed a work specification and draft plan for the removal of the dilapidated hard court area at its Brook Way Activity Centre site, allowing the creation of a new grassed “village green” area and twelve additional car parking spaces. The plan includes an option for
Continue readingCouncil agrees to extend car park at Brook Way
Bradley Stoke Town Council has finally reached a decision on the future of the hard court area and some of the surrounding grounds at its Brook Way Activity Centre, more than two years after it conducted a public consultation on the future of the site. The matter was tabled for discussion at July’s meeting of Full Council after mayor Cllr
Continue reading[Letter] “Arrogance” of our town councillors
Like many of your readers, I was amazed at the arrogance shown by our town councillors in ignoring the will of Bradley Stoke residents, who voted in favour of extra car parking at the Brook Way Activity Centre & Bradley Stoke Surgery site, in place of the existing tennis courts (also the cheapest option). Still, this is something we have
Continue readingBrook Way consultation “a costly waste of time,” says disgruntled neighbour
Residents of properties neighbouring Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Brook Way Activity Centre have voiced concerns that a working group set up to examine ideas gathered in a public consultation on the future of the site is giving too much weight to responses that suggested the construction of a new building. The working group was set up in April, following publication
Continue readingConsultation result shows “overwhelming” demand for increased parking provision
A public consultation which asked for ideas on possible future uses for the “underused” hard court area at the Brook Way Activity Centre has found an “overwhelming” demand for increased car parking provision at the shared community centre and doctors’ surgery site. The survey was called after council members failed to support Mayor Brian Hopkinson’s demand, at a meeting last
Continue readingTown council opens consultation on future of Brook Way hard court
Bradley Stoke Town Council has today launched a public consultation on the future of the hard court area and general site at the Brook Way Activity Centre. Councillors decided to launch a consultation to gather ideas for future uses of the site after Mayor Brian Hopkinson failed to gain the support of Full Council for a proposal that would have seen
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