Category: News & Events

We are Coming to You Fostering Event in Windmill Hill We understand it is not always easy to come to the city centre for our fostering events so we are coming to you! Bristol City Council is very much in need of foster carers in your area: Windmill Hill, Bedminster[…]

The statement below has been submitted by TRESA to the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus – Phase 1 Consultation: Detailed design of residential accommodation ______ TRESAcic wishes to make the following comments on the current proposal by the University of Bristol for student accommodation at Temple Quarter: – We welcome the[…]

Bristol Council will decide to allow or stop the building of a gas-fueled generator on St Philip’s Marsh at Committee at 1 pm on Wednesday 14th May.  Please put the date in your diary, and be at City Hall if you can. Pass this to all of your contacts and[…]

Going for Gold campaign launch It’s been a long time in the making, but we are finally ready to launch Bristol’s campaign to become a Gold Award Sustainable Food City. Working alongside Bristol Green Capital Partnership and Bristol City Council, we have been developing a website which will allow everyone[…]

Winter Garden Birds Thank you to those who submitted observations from last winter. A summary of the observations is attached at the end of this article. Earlier reports are available upon request. Also, a nice picture below of a male blackcap from Jane.       Secret Gardens Your annual opportunity[…]

Charlie Beaton of Living Streets Bristol has produced an interesting short report about shared use (pedestrians and cyclists) on the proposed Floating Pontoon between Bristol Temple Quay and Cattle Market Road – planning application 19/01050/F. He writes: “The local authority is proposing to install a pontoon on the dock between Temple[…]

This week’s Items of Interest: 1.       Since the beginning of this month, and up to April 2021, certain retail premises in Bristol can have a business rates discount. The discount will be provided to eligible occupied retail properties with a rateable value of less than £51,000 in 2019/20 and 2020/21, subject to State Aid[…]

SOWING THE SEEDS FOR BUSINESS GROWTH If you’re a small or medium-sized business keen to start up, innovate and grow, then you need to know about the free services available through the West of England Growth Hub. The Growth Hub works with businesses in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and[…]

TRESA has made a further statement of objection to the proposal for the over-development of the site, including an ugly towerblock, at Totterdown Bridge. We urge Totterdown residents to object to the application at the link below: https://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=PE7YN2DNHZF00 Unfortunately the Bristol City Council planning website keeps crashing so if you[…]

Bristol City Council has made a series of documents available relating  to Bristol’s Clean Air plan. Some new draft documents have been released that relate to the Outline Business Case (OBC). Unfortunately, the full OBC is still not available. Bristol’s air quality is known to be poor and action is[…]