Author: Suzanne Audrey

Bristol’s new draft local plan includes proposals to allow new accommodation for 4,000 students in the areas around Totterdown: 2,300 at the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus; 1,000 in Bedminster, and; 700 in St Philip’s Marsh area. The draft Local Plan allows for up to 7,500 new student[…]

Our MP, Karin Smyth, has sent the following email outlining her stance on Brexit: Thank you for getting in touch about Brexit. I am regularly reading correspondence and appreciate the time people are taking to share a wide variety of views and perspectives. I know, however people voted, there is[…]

A walkability audit is planned of the streets around Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Knowle. Living Streets Bristol will be looking at the streets around the Broadwalk Shopping Centre where a major addition of housing to the Centre is planned. The walking audir will take place on two occasions to make it[…]

The Bristol Quality of Life Survey 2018/19 Priority Indicators: Briefing Report (March 2019) has been published. More detailed information about our Ward (Windmill Hill) should be available at the end of the month. In the meantime, some key findings are summarised below and the full report is attached. Community and[…]

A new app designed to encourage dog owners and wider communities to take responsibility for tackling dog fouling in their local area has been launched today. Pooper Snooper, a free smartphone application and website aims to build public awareness and in turn increase social pressure on dog fouling, and to[…]

Here are THREE INVITATIONS from Tim Wickstead, FrANC Chair: Event 1 On Sunday afternoon April 7th from 2-4pm you are warmly invited to visit The Cut to review our inventory of plants – flowers and trees – growing along its banks. This exercise was carried out in 2005 and 2011; you will be provided[…]

Bristol City Council is asking for your views on changes to the Bristol Local Plan. The Bristol Local Plan Review will update policies for deciding planning applications, guiding development in the city over the next twenty years, building a better Bristol. The Draft Policies and Development Allocations consultation responds to[…]

BS3 has experienced significant issues with parking for some time and there have been calls for the expansion of the current residents parking zone or the creation of an additional zone. However, the process for establishing or expanding a residents parking zone has been made much more difficult since the[…]

Apart from the little flush of nymphalids awakened by the bright weather of late February, the main emergence of butterflies and moths should start soon. Below, we’ve set out some things to look for.  You may not know much about butterflies and moths at the moment, but you will soon[…]

For 2019 Bristol Waste is challenging people to throw packaging out of their lives and go zero waste – and we are looking for recruits. We want 50 enthusiastic households to challenge themselves over a year to drive down the waste they produce, with the aim of getting to zero. This[…]