Totterdown Residents Environmental and Social Action
TRESA brings together residents in Totterdown with the aim of improving our local environment and providing a more vibrant cultural life. This site aims to be a gateway into our activities.
Strategic Waste Management facility planned for Albert Road!
There are proposals to build a very large waste management facility on Totterdown's doorstep in Albert Road. The Environmental Resources Management/West of England Partnership are recommending the site (currently occupied by W H White waste transfer) be considered for the building of a huge waste facility that could include an heat incinerator. It recommends the site as there is expansion possible into the SITA bin and truck depot next door. TRESAcic has been approached by local residents and the owners of the Fruit Market to highlight and campaign against these proposals.
The full planning consultations are available here... and the large ERM/WEP report is available here... (Be warned it's a large 31mb download and the proposal is buried within it).
However, an edited version with just the Albert Road plans are available from TRESAcic here... (2.45mb)
Transport Initiative Info Day (see the new Slideshow)
The Travel Market (17th May) in Totterdown Square was greeted with rain on the day, but it didn't dampen the spirits of everyone who turned up to try out the Wacky Cycles and for bike repairs. We had lots of cycles fixed for free and there was tea, coffee and food with the help of TESCO to help everyone through the day. Our thanks to project leader, Kai Paulden, you can read a report on the day under the 'Totterdown Transport Initiative' heading in our 'Issues' section.
See the Events page as well as being able to read more...
Bath Road Development Appeal Rejected!
The appeal to build a 12 storey tower block on the former Esso petrol station on the Bath Road has been dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate. The appeal was rejected for some of the original reasons established in the Bristol City Council's original rejection of the plan but it appears that the 'voices' of TRESA also helped sway the final decision in that the develoment is inappropriate for the area and it would affect the views to and from the Totterdown escarpment, click here for further information...
The Planning Inspectorate decision is available here...
School Road Park
The School Road Park Project is at the last stage: In April, the Avon Wildlife Trust prepared the flower beds for planting by local children. The play area is completed. The fence around the park has been replaced and a sign is now installed at the entrance to the park, using some spare lottery cash. Read more and see a slideshow...
Views sought on the use and protection of Green Belt land around Bristol and Bath
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is seeking your views on use of Green Belt land in England. This is a chance to help shape the future of the countryside where you live, work or visit. Green Belt is rural land around cities that is protected from excessive housing and other development, thus preventing urban sprawl. Around 13% of land in England is estimated to be in one of the fourteen Green Belt areas. The land is protected by planning and development policies. Some professional groups and developers say that Green Belts are no longer needed, but a MORI poll for CPRE in 2005 found that 84% of people in England believe that Green Belt land should remain open and undeveloped, and that building on it should not be allowed. CPRE’s Green Belt survey was launched in April 2009.
Through this survey they aim to find out how people in Bristol & Bath, London and Merseyside would like to see the Green Belt used in the future, such as for farming, woodland, or recreation. To have your say please visit the consultation page here...
Latest Newsletter Spring 09
The latest Talk of Totterdown is available in pdf format here...