The letter calls for increased access to funding to support the delivery of Clean Air Zones and to fund investment in cleaner buses and taxis, as well as improvements in walking and cycling infrastructure. ...
28 August 2018
Options for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) for Bristol have been published, and a major awareness campaign launched by the Council, but it's not yet clear whether we'll benefit from cleaner air in Bishopston. ...
17 May 2018
Download ClairCity Skylines, a brand new, free game for smartphones and tablets.
It's all about Bristol. It's up to you to make the air clean and residents happy.
The free game (available for iOS a ...
04 May 2018
Future plans for developments in Bristol City Centre and how you can take part in the BCC City Centre Framework consultation can be found here ...
23 March 2018
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09 February 2018
... Bishopston area. There is certainly a pressing need to develop ways in which the environment of the whole of the city area can be improved for the benefit of all Bristolians' health. More information o ...
26 September 2017
Over the next 5 years, and largely as a result of the so called ‘austerity’ measures brought in by the Tory Government, Bristol City Council faces a budget gap of £92 million.
In an attempt to reduce ...
18 August 2017
This is an emergency meeting being held by Bristol Tree Forum in response to the recent decision by the council to stop maintaining Bristol's street trees. More information on this issue and about the ...
19 June 2017
BRUNEL HOUSE, CITY OF BRISTOL, COLLEGE ROAD, BISHOPSTON, BRISTOL 15/06289/F
103 residential dwellings including the conversion of Brunel House and new-build block of 40 flats. This proposal marks ...
08 January 2016
... council of the significance to Bristol of the historic war memorial sports ground. It was almost the first war memorial to be built in the city after the Great War – and it predates the Cenotaph in the ...
09 November 2015
Over the past three years the Wild City Project has organised a series of events and worked with park groups and others on many of the City’s remarkable and varied nature reserves.
Unfortunately, ...
26 February 2014
... city – with at least four pilot zones of each by autumn 2019”. Read more here Clean Air Plan: the Council has missed the government’s end-2018 deadline for deciding its preferred choice from the short ...
08 January 2019
... fine.
However on Tuesday night the council decided it would work to implement four pilot zones in the city by autumn 2019. The aim would be to investigate how enforcement of the zones would be resourced ...
17 December 2018
... and the economy remain uncertain. Local government planning departments are under growing pressure to perform, but many report that they do not have sufficient resources, skills and capacity . Evidenc ...
09 December 2018
... r (Tolley, 2011).
In 2011, a report on shopper travel behaviour in Dublin city centre concluded that traders on Dublin’s two main shopping streets considerably over-estimated spending by shoppers travelli ...
07 December 2018
... where we have a valid BWC indemnity form. We report this via the online reporting form on the front of the Bristol City Council homepage on the internet.
We are also out each weekend painting and cleaning ...
04 December 2018
... we are scrutinising, and often making representations to Bristol City Council on, on behalf of YOU, the members of our Society and other Bishopstonians.
New records recently just added to the portal, ...
08 November 2018
... sold by Bristol City Council, and the architects for the preferred bidder have already consulted Bishopston Society and others, but are now going public on the plans, which focus on converting the buildin ...
08 November 2018
... links provided below for more on each application, including the representations we've made, links to the application formalities on the Bristol City Council web site, and much more:-
Latest applicatio ...
07 November 2018
Bristol City Council have put the North Baths up for sale and the preferred bidder is proposing to convert the building into offices.
Whilst it is extremely regrettable that the Bishopston Medical ...
05 November 2018
... City Council to ensure its parks & green spaces are well looked after and to help local groups enhance their green spaces. BPR is now moving towards a new and potentially much more important role by taking ...
04 November 2018
Seth Piper, Local NGO environmental activist recently wrote a piece that was highly critical of BCC's policies on dealing with the city 's huge traffic problem. In his article he says:
Stand on any juncti ...
19 October 2018
Yet another consultation exercise from Bristol City Council. But this is an important opportunity to have your say and influence the way in which BCC needs to improve the city's future transport policy ...
25 September 2018
Bristol City Council is required to implement a Clean Air Zone (CAZ). They have announced the options they are considering and are expected to announce a final decision by the end of 2018.
The ...
10 September 2018
... by the city (https://goo.gl/N4XJsW).
The Bishopston Society is very much against this view of Bristol's future development. This is our comment from our latest Planning Report by Neil Embleton:
TA ...
07 September 2018
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Click here to see our earlier article for more details of the background to and purpose of this meeting.
Click here to download our publilcity flyer for the meeting ...
03 September 2018
... great sights of the city such as the Suspension Bridge and St Mary Redcliffe but also venture up Ashley Hill to Muller’s Orphan Houses.
While London had Dr Barnardo, Bristol had George Muller. A ...
28 August 2018
... and other opportunities to make our voices heard on issues relevant to traffic and parking
2) To lobby Bristol City Council to launch a formal consultation about the possible implementation of an RPS ...
28 August 2018
... an opportunity to ask questions of Nicola Beech, the BCC Cabinet member for Strategic Planning & City Design) was well attended and those present elected the committee and voted in the formal constitution. ...
28 August 2018
... are regarded as beneficial for air quality, but they are not a solution to the air quality problems at a city scale.” You can read more detail about these reports, where you can access an interactiv ...
08 August 2018
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Newcastle has taken a big step in this direction and has now deployed up to 600 of these monitors across the city . Is it too much to hope Bristol would want to follow suit? You can read more about ...
24 July 2018
... r from experts on the planning system, city design and the issues Bishopston Society is representing you on at the moment.
You will have the opportunity to review the current character of Bishopston, a ...
12 July 2018
... the consultation and to read an update on plans to clean our air both locally and city wide, go to the newsletter here ...
09 July 2018
Yes, it's going to cost a lot, but Manchester council are about to give cycling in their city a huge boost. And this will surely have a significant effect on improving their air quality. A big lesson t ...
30 June 2018
... was trying (and she succeeded admirably) in bringing home to the audience just how insidious and serious is the problem of air pollution in our city , caused in the main by car exhausts. And this figure ...
25 June 2018
More and more Bristol people are taking to their bikes to move around the city . Surprisingly perhaps, cyclists are less exposed to air pollution than car drivers because the latter group is continuously ...
15 June 2018
... on parking and speeding was raised. It was noted that the various schemes around the city have differing hours (as much as 9-9) and number of days (up to six days) and they have all been found popula ...
14 June 2018
... database.
Nick Plant, Society Chair, said "The workings of the local planning system seem to be under challenge in the light of Bristol City Council's austerity measures, so now is the time more t ...
28 May 2018
... . It also demonstrates our commitment to accountability in carying out the public scrutiny and representations made to Bristol City Council on individual applications and wider trends.
It will enable y ...
28 May 2018
... the text of the comments we've submitted, and a summary of what we think. For even more detail click through to the Bristol City Council’s official planning portal from the application details screen provide ...
26 May 2018
... air in our part of the city .
Air pollution has been described by some as representing a "public health emergency", and reports suggest that 300 deaths per year may be occuring in Bristol due to illega ...
17 May 2018
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Apparently, around 300 deaths per year in Bristol can now be attributed to the pollutants largely derived from road trafic. This shocking figure represents 8.5% of deaths in the city . And it compares ...
17 May 2018
... ir actions, organised with UWE Clair City (posted 14/07/18)
"Walk a little more - drive a little less" report by Kevin Molloy following the 04/04/17 public meeting (posted 24/04/17)
"Facing down the k ...
05 May 2018
... Alliance
Local City Councillors
Our strength and commitment is enhanced by an informal network of like-minded supporters:-
Bristol Friends of the Earth
The Bristol branch of this well-known ...
04 May 2018
... on self-help community-led bottom-up actions
Focus on Bishopston but
keep city -wide and broader contexts in mind (“act locally, think globally”)
connect with/reach out to/learn with other Bristo ...
04 May 2018
Through its association with the ClairCity project team, Clean Air Bishopston is bringing Skylines to Bishopston for some fun but serious community events.
We're going to be encouraging some teamin ...
04 May 2018
... of “The Good Transport Plan for Bristol” is to “empower communities to help redesign residential spaces that work for everyone”. Bristol City Council wanted to directly invest in bugbears and decided that ...
04 May 2018
... pool of crowdsourced citizens know-how appears to have gone nowhere.
Its web site is still visible (comment map illustrated) but says nothing about what Bristol City Council did, or is doing, with ...
04 May 2018
... pool of ideas and scheme proposals to be progressed, preferably with more community participation;
practical support from Bristol City Council to enable local action by residents, including technical ...
04 May 2018
The Kingsdown Conservation Group tries to protect and enhance the area, and stimulate public interest in it. The Conservation Area Character Appraisal sets out the City Council’s policies for Kingsdown. ...
23 April 2016
Promoting Bristol's local shops, markets, cafes/restaurants, pubs, hairdressers etc. Run by Bristol City Council. ...
23 April 2016
Know Your Place is a Bristol City Council website that allows you to explore your neighbourhood through historic maps, images and linked information. Know Your Place allows wider access to Bristol's histori ...
23 April 2016
... simply enjoy strolling around the city taking in the atmosphere. ...
23 April 2016
Bristol Parks Forum was established by Bristol Parks as an umbrella organisation for community park groups and organisations in the city with an interest in their local parks and green spaces. The forum ...
23 April 2016
The Bristol Green Capital Partnership is a free membership organisation whose aim is to make Bristol “a low carbon city with a high quality of life for all”. ...
23 April 2016
Our vision is for a city full of activity, diversity and beauty, attractive for living in, work and leisure. A place its citizens are proud of, and a place that people want to visit, especially through ...
23 April 2016
Bristol City Council ...
23 April 2016
Mission statement: Bristol is one of the leading city ’s in the UK for public art commissioning and for its programme of projects with artists of local, national and international significance. Our programme ...
23 April 2016
"About Bristol is a series of pictorial tours designed to show both well-known and lesser-known aspects of Bristol, and to provide a few facts about this historic English city and county." ...
23 April 2016
The Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments Health Integration Team (SHINE HIT) aims to turn Bristol into a healthier city , with built environments that help people to be more healthy. ...
23 April 2016
Narroways Hill is a little grassy & wooded ridge dissected by railway lines lying just North of inner-city Bristol, in the neighbourhood of St Werburghs. It has always been an open space and as the city ...
19 April 2016
