A revised planning application has been submitted by PG, the developers of the Carriageworks/Westmoreland House site which increases the scale of the buildings, both in height and density. You can see ...
15 June 2019
The Environmental Audit Comittee lambasts the proposed environmental standards in this draft Environmental Bill designed for when we have left the EU, saying it ‘severely downgrades’ the environmental ...
26 April 2019
Work is now well underway on this site. But the developers are now looking to change certain aspects of the previously agreed planning application.
However, these do not seem to be serious and will ...
03 December 2018
... with some scepticism to the announcement that the start date for Westmoreland House to be finally demolished is now (tomorrow!) about to happen.
There have been so many delays and false starts to ...
20 November 2018
Not another false alarm. This time, albeit with a slight delay because of asbestos removal, the horrific Westmoreland House in Stoke's Croft is at long last being demolished.
The building, perhaps the ...
09 August 2018
Don't hold your breath, but it really does look like action to demolish Westermoreland House in Stokes Cross is finally about to take place on this notorious local eyesore. More information can be found ...
15 June 2017
Learn the skills to explore the history of Bristol’s homes using archive sources held at Bristol Archives. Further information can be found here
07 March 2017
BRUNEL HOUSE , CITY OF BRISTOL, COLLEGE ROAD, BISHOPSTON, BRISTOL 15/06289/F Revised proposal for 94no. residential units including a new-build block of 34no. flats.
Further to our earlier comments ...
09 March 2016
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
... blue plaque on Walter Ayles' house in Station Road, Ashley Down. Ayles was Bristol's most prominent opponent of World War 1. The wording on the plaque will be:
Walter Ayles 1879-1953 Labour councillor ...
18 November 2015
After an important meeting on October 13th in which the latest news on the redevelopment of the derelict Westmoreland House site in Stokes Croft was discussed, it seems as if the situation has got more ...
20 October 2014
... the property developer, Linden Homes.
McArthur’s Warehouse is just about the only original warehouse in the city docks area. It is in a conservation area, which should, but which apparently does not, ...
03 February 2014
CAG and Montpelier Conservation Group have been awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to explore your memories of Westmoreland House . The project focuses on the short period of the building’s ...
27 January 2014
Bristol City Council has asked Knightstone Housing Association to submit a final tender for developing the Carriageworks and Westmoreland site.
Also over the next few months, Knightstone will liase ...
14 August 2013
Nick Bowles, the Planning Minister seems determined to speed up the growth of house building by not allowing the process to be limited by the present planning laws.
Civic Voice, the national ...
29 May 2013
First step to improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gases has been taken by First West. More information here
18 February 2020
... you should have received a leaflet in the post on or around Thursday 21st November. The leaflet contains a web address https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BISAPS and an individual code for your house hold. If ...
26 November 2019
Burning wood and coal in open fires and stoves makes up 38% of the UK’s primary emissions of PM2.5. A recent test carried out by Air Quality News found very high levels of particulates in the air in a ...
25 November 2019
Reaction to BCC Clean Air Zone plans From The Bishopston Society’s Clean Air Bishopston team 12th November 2019
Summary: We are pleased a CAZ policy has finally been produced. But we’re concerned that ...
12 November 2019
... population, little sense of community, and very few local activities. It was a poor area which meant we could afford to live here. Many house s were occupied by pensioners and were becoming poorly maintained. ...
04 October 2019
... brick warehouse ; a ‘flagship’ for the whole development.
This red brick industrial style is well represented by many recent Bristol buildings including the offices on Welsh Back built in the 70s. ...
08 September 2019
Book Review: The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution – and How We Can Fight Back, by Gary Fuller. Melville House UK. 2018 This new publication offers a fascinating but also frightening ...
27 June 2019
... harms the conservation area. - the design is too high and bulky and is overbearing to both the existing chapel and the house s in Berkeley Road. - the proposal makes no attempt to relate to either the chapel ...
14 June 2019
This recent article in the Guardian will worry many who own house s in traffic heavy urban areas like London, Bristol and other cities. But making people more aware in this way of the problem of living ...
02 May 2019
Two new supermarkets on Muller Road plus plans for 1000 new house s in Lockleaze in next few years will result in even heavier traffic along this major north/south arterial road that feeds directly onto ...
01 March 2019
... under 20 miles there and back. Approx. 2.5 hours
Tyntesfield House & Park – Out along the Festival Way to Farleigh. Pick up a newly improved path (completed 2018) down to Tyntesfield. Return to Bristol ...
26 February 2019
... scene.
We all know that Bishopston is a handsome area, with streets of attractive house s. It boasts the best high street in the country in the shape of the Gloucester Road. It’s by no means rural, ...
06 February 2019
... by extending buildings upwards to create additional house s. Whilst we support the principle of increasing the height of the right type of building in the right location and the re-use of existing upper ...
03 December 2018
There has been a 40% increase in Bristol bus use in the last 8 years, but commuters switching to public transport by bus still experience slow journey times because of traffic congestion.
Three members ...
14 November 2018
Four films looking at aspects of Bristol's history presented by the film maker Gordon Young. Thursday Nov 29th at 7.30, Friends Meeting House , Hampton Road, Redland. More information at film night ...
05 November 2018
... house s and has proved to be the most popular area of Bristol, because of its architectural quality combined with its compactness, which means that a wide range of local facilities are available within ...
07 September 2018
Bishopston Society Public Meeting reminder
Tuesday 2nd October (7.15 for a 7.30pm start) at Horfield Quaker Meeting House
How can we as ordinary citizens exploit people power to improve Bishopston? ...
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 House s.
While London had Dr Barnardo, Bristol had George Muller. A ...
28 August 2018
... show of hands over two thirds of those attending favoured an RPS as a possible solution, a figure which mirrors the views of those people who answered a questionnaire sent out by our MP to 3000 house holds. ...
28 August 2018
... is on the BCRCP website: here
The Conversation with the Mayor took place at the Friends Meeting House on Gloucester Road on 15 June. Marvin Rees was engaged in lively discussions on a variety of issues ...
28 August 2018
... less or zero polluting options of public transport use, cycling and walking more.
Gavin Spittlehouse , our third speaker had logically begun the meeting by asking the question ‘How clean is the air ...
25 June 2018
... so far to do this include Eleanor Combley (who will offer a Councillor viewpoint), Gavin Spittlehouse (who will give a demonstration of self-help air quality monitoring) and Jessica Read (who will discuss ...
06 June 2018
... Combley (who will offer a Councillor viewpoint), Gavin Spittlehouse (who will give a demonstration of self-help air quality monitoring) and Jessica Read (who will discuss the health impacts on our children). ...
06 June 2018
... are limited to six people but organiser Gavin Spittlehouse (of Bishopston Society and Sustainable Bishopston) said "I hope we can run further workshops if there's more demand, but let's see how the first ...
29 May 2018
... developments and conversions:-
permission has been granted for a small new house in place of a garage, at the rear of 73 Brynland Avenue.
a proposal for nine flats in two blocks, representing extreme ...
26 May 2018
... Jim Longhurst and Ben Williams (posted 21/02/17)
"Air quality in Bishopston: measurements and responses" by Gavin Spittlehouse (posted 21/02/17)
"Clean air in Bristol - how we and the Council can respond" by ...
05 May 2018
... to the 2011 census, Bishopston and Ashley Down ward has a ratio of 1.20 vehicles per house hold, higher than the average in Bristol (1.04) and in England as a whole (1.16) – and many of our streets are ...
04 May 2018
... leafleted every house in the road to try and capture people who are 'off line'. I also wrote to the 2 schools and church in Egerton Road, hoping for a 'Corporate' sponsor. I left a flyer in the Co-Op.
I ...
25 April 2018
Application Summary Address: 28 & 30 Cranbrook Road Bristol BS6 7BW Proposal: Works to front and rear roofslopes of each house to facilitate loft conversions.
Whilst we accept that a great deal ...
26 March 2018
... scheme will apply to house s in multiple occupation (HMO)
HMOs are houses or flats that are let to three or more people who aren’t related and who share or lack some facilities, like kitchens or bathrooms. ...
08 March 2018
Nikki Jones MSc. is a freelance researcher/writer and will be giving a series of 6 talks on Climate change, Energy use and related topics. These start on April 26th at 7.30 pm.
Nikki is not charging ...
04 March 2018
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Caroline Bartle
November 2017
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Air Quality in Bristol and Bishopston – updates from three expert perspectives
Jim Longhurst, Ben Williams, Gavin Spittlehouse and Tom Brook
January 2017 ...
21 February 2018
... for more detail. Local architectural landmark with historic interest
HORFIELD POLICE STATION HOUSE House built with the Police Station. Sold by BCC in 1950’s.
475 FORMER UNITED FREE METHODIST ...
16 February 2018
... to be nullified before the new permission is granted. We would suggest that the Brunel site might best be redeveloped for residential use, with flats at the front with parking behind and terraced house s ...
12 February 2018
... needs to be replanned in order to comply with Technical House Standards, as the bedrooms are way below the 11.5m2 required and the living room is both too small and too narrow. The proposed study is in ...
23 January 2018
Welcome to a beautiful garden filled with a huge diversity of plants, including many exotic species set in inspirational displays against the backdrop of a striking Victorian house .
23 April 2016
Coexist hosts Hamilton House as a space in which we collectively live, work, play and innovate to create a better world for each other, our community and the environment. Coexist is a social enterprise, ...
23 April 2016
The Henleaze Society was founded in 1973, is established as a charity and has a membership of around 1500 house holds. It aims to ensure that Henleaze remains a good place to live and work.
19 April 2016
