Parents of children looking to start primary or secondary school in September 2010 are being told to avoid using the postal service to submit their applications. Royal Mail workers are expected to strike on Thursday and Friday this week, which means that application forms sent through the post may fail to arrive in time for the deadline of 4:30pm on
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A former member of the Bradley Stoke Neighbourhood Policing Team is now back on the beat thanks in part to funding from Bradley Stoke Town Council. PC Claire Fletcher has returned to the beat after having nine months off on maternity leave. The Town Council agreed in July to become the first town/parish authority in South Gloucestershire to contribute towards
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Construction of a new Multiple Sclerosis Therapy centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way could start before the end of the month according to a planning document published by SouthGloucestershire Council (SGC). Planning officials recommended that the project be given the go-ahead earlier this month and their decision has now been confirmed after Council members chose not to “call in”
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An exhibition has opened in Bradley Stoke Library to show plans of new cycle routes being proposed as part of the Cycling City project in South Gloucestershire. Greater Bristol (the area governed by Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council) was named as England’s first ‘Cycling City’ in 2008 and has received £11.4 million of government funding, matched by an
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Bradley Stoke Town Council’s efforts to get utility companies to provide faster broadband connections in the town have come to nothing according to Town Clerk David Chandler. Back in February, the Council’s Planning Committee instructed the Clerk to write to telecommunications giants BT and Virgin Media demanding a “21st Century service for a 21st Century town”. The move was followed
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South Gloucestershire Council has announced that it has scrapped plans for a bus priority scheme on the A38 Aztec West roundabout, saying that the work is “no longer viable” after First Group made changes to the route of its 73 bus service. The earlier proposals have now been abandoned in favour of a northbound bus lane on the A38 Gloucester
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Plans for an extension of Bradley Stoke Library have been submitted for approval after funding for the project was announced in South Gloucestershire Council’s 2009/2010 budget earlier this year. Documents supporting the application justify the work on the grounds that Bradley Stoke Library currently provides just 13.7sqm of space per 1,000 residents compared to the value of 30sqm recommended by
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A meeting of the Southern Brooks Area Forum on Tuesday (1st September) is set to discuss grant applications from Bradley Stoke organisations. Area forums, organised by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), give local people the opportunity to talk about issues and concerns that affect their neighbourhoods. They champion local needs and aspirations and gather the views of residents about specific community
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A turf cutting ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on the new sixth form (post-16) centre at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The £4.6 million project, which also includes a dance studio and additional changing rooms at the Fiddlers Wood Lane site, is being funded by a grant from the Learning and Skills Council. The ceremony
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An ice cream vendor’s application to be allowed to trade at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has failed to impress Town Councillors. G & J Ices has applied for street trading consent to operate from a pitch alongside the town’s new shopping centre. When the application came before the July meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Planning Committee, Councillors voted
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