Category: News & Events

TRESA has submitted the statement below to the Bristol Local Plan Review. Our concern is that School Road Park should have the enhanced protection of Local Green Space (as opposed to Reserved Green Space which has protection but could be considered for future development). We hope Totterdown residents will support[…]

Steve Heigham of Extinction Rebellion led an interesting session at the TRESAcic public meeting on 15th May. Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to achieve radical change in order to minimise the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse. Extinction Rebellion has three main demands: Tell the[…]

Bristol has launched its bid to become a Gold Sustainable Food City. This national award has not yet been granted at Gold level to any other city in the UK. Bristol’s Going for Gold bid puts ‘Good Food’ – food that is tasty, healthy, affordable and good for people, the[…]

1.       Bristol Ageing Better is launching its Age Friendly Business Guide – a free comprehensive toolkit for businesses that want to improve what they can offer older people – this Wednesday, 15 May (5pm – 7pm) at The Station, Silver Street, BS1 2AG; more here. 2.       Bristol City Council is currently carrying out a survey aimed[…]

A research team from the University of the West of England is carrying out a study to explore how people in Bristol feel about the greenery in the city in streets, parks, allotments and other spaces. We would like to hear your views on the greenery in the city and[…]

The provision of telephone kiosks now requires planning permission, and the display of any advertisements on them now requires advertisement control consent. On May 25th the provisions of the The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development, Advertisement and Compensation Amendments) (England) Regulations 2019 [2019 No. 907] will take effect. Part 2 of[…]

AdblockBristol is asking people to asking and share a petition to restrict the expansion of the advertising industry across Bristol. For the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-new-billboards/ Further information from AdblockBristol is below: _____ What’s the aim? Bristol Council are currently writing our ‘Local Plan’ which sets “The Rules” for land use in the[…]

The European Parliamentary election will take place on Thursday, 23 May 2019. The deadline to register for this election is midnight Tuesday 7th May. To register go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. The election and candidates The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions. Bristol is in the South West, and there are six[…]

1.       Community groups are being encouraged to bid for support to help clean up their local high street. Bristol City Council has been given £80k from the UK Government to back council efforts to clean up high streets and town centres. Funding will be used to buy kit and provide training[…]

Note: It’s important that groups and individuals also submit responses, highlighting specific aspects relevant to their neighbourhoods. The ABC draft may provide useful points, but please ensure you turn this into your own words. The deadline for responses is 24 May 19. To respond, email: blp@bristol.gov.uk Make it clear which[…]