Category: News & Events

Stuffed, Victoria Park’s new mobile café will open on 15 April 2019. The owners of Stuffed Café, Jodie and Kylie, run the business from their beautifully converted 1970s Bakers Van and will be serving locally roasted coffee, an array of tea, cold beverages, ice-cream, freshly made sandwiches, award winning cakes[…]

There are currently three major planning applications for Bedminster Green awaiting a decision. All three are still accepting comments on the planning portal, so please do have your say. [https://www.bristol.gov.uk/planning-and-building-regulations/look-at-and-track-planning-applications] The Framework has now been approved, so we anticipate the first application, St Catherine’s, to be decided by planning committee,[…]

Thank you for taking the time to read our twentieth email update on the Temple Gate roadworks. Construction updates Work on the Temple Gate scheme started on 26 June 2017 and is due to finish by Autumn 2019. NEW: Clarence Road north side footway construction completed NEW: Clarence Road central island cobbling and base[…]

Help shape our future city We need your views to help us build a better city that meets the needs of the future. The Bristol Local Plan Review will set out how Bristol develops over the next twenty years. Feedback to the draft plan now out for consultation will shape the next[…]

The House of Commons Transport Committee has launched an inquiry to explore the problems of pavement parking in England and consider possible solutions.   Inquiry: Pavement parking Transport Committee Purpose of the inquiry Parking on pavements creates real problems. For those with visual difficulties, who use mobility aids, or need to[…]

Marvin Rees has written to councillors outlining his intentions for a clean air plan for Bristol. The text of the letter is below: Dear Councillors Working closely with the government’s Joint Air Quality Unit, we have confirmed the actions we are taking to develop an effective and inclusive clean air[…]

Following concerns from local residents, and a photo supplied by Andrew Brown (thank you Andrew), TRESA complained to Bristol City Council about a poor quality repair to the railings in Vale Street. Cllr Jon Wellington shared an email he had received stating: ‘I am happy to confirm that the repairs[…]

In July 2018 an outline planning application was approved, in principle, for a new mixed-use campus to be built on the former Royal Mail Sorting Office site and part of Temple Island within the Temple Quarter area.  The outline planning application comprised a new mixed-use campus of up to 82,395[…]

People living in Beckington Road, off Redcatch Road, have been protesting about ‘historical asset-stripping’ as Bristol City Council contractors started to remove the wrought iron lampposts in their street and replace them with modern ones. The Council confirmed the lampposts would be ‘recycled’ but refused to say where they would[…]

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[…]