Category: News & Events

Below is a message from WHaM about the planning applications around the Bedminster Green area. Please support them if you can, by making a statement to the Bristol City Council Development Control Committee A. Statements should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk For more information about WHaM, visit their website: http://www.whambristol.org.uk/bedminstergreen/ _______________________________________________________________[…]

With Summer finally here and lockdown restrictions easing, the latest issue is full of celebratory stories – 40 years for St Peters Hospice shop, 25 years for The Banana Boat, a lovely new café for us to enjoy at Sundial Kitchen, Amba House and good numbers of lesser horseshoe bats[…]

The 2021 Statistical Ward Profile for Windmill Hill has been published (Totterdown is in Windmill Hill ward). https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/436737/Windmill+Hill.pdf/9bbfbdbb-78f2-42c0-96bf-910a9316fcfc Many of the measures are similar to the city as a whole, although two are noticeably worse – concerns about traffic congestion and poor air quality. Some of the results are questionable.[…]

Bristolians may know that our famous ‘Clifton Downs’ were bequeathed to all the people of Bristol (including Totterdowners!) and that The Downs Committee has a duty under the 1861 Downs Act to keep the Downs ‘open and unenclosed’ for the people of Bristol to enjoy. This duty was violated by[…]

WE ARE ON THE WAY BACK!!Looking forward to our reopening event on Monday June 21st 2021. Big thanks to all of you who have supported the Thunderbolt ! 1st job is to get a bar manager!! BAR MANAGER @ THE THUNDERBOLT We are recruiting a new Bar Manager at The Thunderbolt, responsible for managing[…]

The Spring 2021 newsletter from Bristol City Council is set out below________________________________________________________________ Emerging from our winter lockdownAfter a turbulent year where all our lives have been affected by the COVID19 pandemic it now feels like there is a little bit of breathing space to reflect on our experiences, think about the[…]

St Peter’s Hospice shop on Wells Road, Totterdown is holding a plant sale on Saturday 22nd May from 10am. They are asking for any plant donations towards the sale for St Peter’s Hospice 40th birthday. Please contact the shop in advance if you’d like to donate. Thank you and hope[…]

Objection to Planning Application 20/03286/F: Swift House Albert Crescent Bristol BS2 0UD – Erection and operation of a waste transfer station and ancillary structures, including a trailer shelter, a weighbridge and weighbridge office Equalities Impact This application fails even the most cursory review of discrimination and inequalities impact. Firstly, it[…]

An open letter from WHaM (Windmill Hill & Malago Community Planning Group) to all concerned with the development of Bedminster Green On 1st April, Jonathon Parsons of the Planning Inspectorate announced his decision to dismiss the appeals by A2Dominion against Bristol City Council’s refusal of planning consent to the two applications[…]

More initials than an episode of BBC’s Line of Duty – a quick introduction to the wildlife designation of green spaces in Bristol. People can get confused about the designations that apply to your local green space, and what they mean for planning decisions. This is a summary intended to[…]