This latest bulletin has items on eleven proposed new developments including plans for an extension to the Watershed, plus a piece on the new Women's Suffrage Blue Plaque in Clifton. Read the bulleti ...
14 January 2019
The most recent e-newletter from Eleanor Combley includes funding for local projects and an update on the Council's consultation on the 20 mph limit. It can be read here
14 November 2018
This includes the Society's views on planning proposals for sites including the BRI, Broadwalk shopping centre and Portwall Gate. Full details of the Society's comments on these and other planning applications ...
05 November 2018
This survey, published just over a year and a half ago, shows many people would be willing to walk and cycle more if these alternative modes of travel were made safer with improved physical road conditions ...
07 September 2018
The Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Community Partnership newsletter gives links to how you can go on line and give your views on the 'fine tuning' of local speed limits by responding to the BCC consultation. ...
09 July 2018
Recent planning applications we've scrutinised include a crop of ugly conversions that appear to be part of a pattern, more cafés proposed for Gloucester Road, and other proposals.
Below is a summary ...
26 May 2018
For those who don't subscribe to this BCC newsletter, here is the link to the latest issue: BCCnewsletter ...
09 February 2018
By April 2019 the council has a target to reduce what it spends each year on parks by at least £2.868 million. This means services will need to be run in a very different way.
The Council says it will ...
18 November 2017
Following the apparent collapse of negotiations between Dwane Sports Limited (for Bristol Rovers) and UWE, it seems that the proposed new Rovers stadium at UWE is not to be. Wael Al-Qadi and Stephen ...
16 August 2017
A range of interesting local events and exhibitions including this year's 'Doors Open' day are detailed in the most recent newsletter from Bristol Archives which is part of the council's Bristol Museums ...
19 June 2017
Readers of the Bishopston Society website who are not on the Bristol Civic Society email and newsletter list may be interested to see the Civic Society's response to two new BRI Planning applications ...
10 February 2016
The Bishopston Society objects to this further planning application from Wetherspoons and the full text of our letter of objection to the Planning Department follows:
We are extremely concerned ...
29 January 2016
There is real progress now towards an agreed scheme (with the local community) that will allow the Carriageworks site development to go ahead.
The latest news on this can be seen here. And also ...
25 November 2015
The latest edition of the newsletter of Historic England (previously 'English Heritage') includes, among others, pieces on Historic graffiti, World War 1 memorials designed by Lutyens, and the Heritag ...
18 November 2015
Timothy Mowl’s latest book, featuring 12 urban walks, explores Bristol’s diverse architectural heritage, its maritime past and rich social history.
7.45pm: Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square, Bristol, ...
15 October 2015
This is a selection of the Local News contained in the eNewsletter which includes pieces on the Bristol North Baths development, parking improvements around the cricket ground, the Neigbourhood Partnership ...
04 September 2015
GCCC FLOODLIGHTING 14/05030/F - Proposed installation of 6 no. 45m tall permanent floodlights.
Further to our earlier comments on this application submitted on 10th November 2014 (here )–we would ...
06 January 2015
Howzat, the campaign group formed by local residents of Bishopston and Ashley Down with the original objective to challenge and revise the stadium expansion plans of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club ...
30 October 2014
The Bishopston Society, frustrated as is everyone in the neighbourhood at the lack of any progress (for months now) on the Bristol North Baths and Library site, sent the following email on July 22nd to ...
27 July 2014
... continues to be concerned about the current application for the site.
This latest application is virtually identical to the previous application except that the number of houses has been reduced from ...
20 June 2014
Daniella's latest newsletter covers a wide range of topics - 24 in total - including 'Walking Maps Project', 'Horfield Common Pond', 'Big Green We ...
02 February 2014
Bishopston councillor, Daniella Radice has just sent out her most recent (December) e-newsletter. This includes items on:
BCC Budget cuts, No 20 bus route to be reinstated, Traders and residents ...
22 December 2013
Latest photo albums
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11 December 2013
Residents’ Meeting with GCCC, 15th October 2013
Present: Will Brown – New Chief Executive GCCC Peter Hall – GCCC Jon Young – Galliford Try (Contractors) ...
20 October 2013
Councillor Daniella Radice says: "It's been an incredibly busy few weeks for me...."
You can continue reading Daniella's email news here: http://www.bristolgreenparty.org.uk/Bishopston-News
20 October 2013
A fascinating insight into the plans for a new medical practice, and much more, was given at the The Bishopston Society AGM.
Contributions from guest speakers included revelations from Mark Allen of ...
09 October 2013
The BCR Street Scene group, under the auspices of Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership, is still looking for people who wish to help improve their local area by acting as 'Street ...
23 September 2013
... on the TBS website, please click on the CAB tab at the far right of the tabs on the top of the home page. This will take you to cab with the latest interesting articles we have added on air pollution which ...
15 January 2019
... different charging levels with different exemptions. It is creating a very confusing picture and it is coming across as pretty shambolic.” The government has described its latest initiatives and how they ...
08 January 2019
A world wide problem of course, not just a local issue. But readers of this website may not have seen this latest report by Greenpeace on what our supermarkets are doing, planning to do - or not doing ...
11 December 2018
Topics in this latest edition include, Bristol Rovers Events permission, First's reduced local bus services, local Network Rail upgrades and spending of developers' S106 money on community projects. Yo ...
11 December 2018
The latest BCR CP newsletter includes items on the Consultation on next year's Council budget and the next BCR CP Public Forum meeting. See here for full details ...
11 December 2018
... not put back the completion date significantly.
Architectural plans for this development can be seen here and details of these latest proposed changes can be seen on the Carriageworks website here
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03 December 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
... 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
... Mike Manson’s latest novel is ‘Down in Demerara’ (Tangent) to be published 11 October 2018. ...
28 August 2018
... Forgotten Landscape': forgottenlandscape is now successfully working on conserving and restoring the heritage of this unique area.
Their latest newsletter gives exciting news of a separate major projec ...
09 August 2018
... ugliest one in central Bristol and which has blighted Stoke's Croft and the Cheltenham Road for decades will soon be no more. Find out the latest news on this and what will replace it here ...
09 August 2018
If you aren't a member of the Bristol Civic Society, you may not be aware of their newly designed website which gives the latest news on their 2018 Design Awards which includes nomination for the ne ...
09 June 2018
... café developments feature in latest planning applications" (includes our commentary on the Weatherspoons and café applications mentioned above).
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28 May 2018
... ts of Air Pollution in Bristol, February 2017
These latest figures show that around 300 deaths each year in the City of Bristol can be attributed to exposure to both nitrogen dioxide and fine particula ...
04 May 2018
The latest e newsletter from The Neighbourhood Planning Network includes details of its next meeting on April 10th, as well as the three current BCC consultations. This information can be found here ...
06 April 2018
Application Summary Address: 48 Egerton Road Bristol BS7 8HL Proposal: Loft conversion including dormer extension and roof alteration
This application is the latest of a rash of boxy roof dormer developments ...
26 March 2018
Bristol Parks Forum latest newsletter includes pieces on: City Nature Challenge, Protecting heritage Lottery funding for parks and the Bristol Local Plan's proposals for Specially Protected Local Gree ...
16 March 2018
This latest newsletter from local Green Party councillors includes disappointing news about the plans for the North Bristol Baths, air quality, problems with plastics disposal and the work of the green ...
15 March 2018
... developed, taking into account the wishes and requirements of the local community.
More detail on this latest news can be found here ...
13 November 2017
This latest scheme of the Mayor sounds a bit harebrained, albeit a potentially excellent idea for helping solve Bristol's car choked roads. But who knows? If the estimated £2.5 billion costs are found ...
08 September 2017
This is the latest Street scene 'newsletter' from Liz Kew:
Hard to believe it is September on Friday. I hope you have all had a good summer and ready for some Street Scene work this autumn.
1 ...
01 September 2017
There was no hot air felt at the Bishopston Society’s latest meeting, despite its focus on air pollution controversies such as alleged inaction in the face of death rates.
Listening to three experts, ...
13 April 2017
This newsletter covers the latest news on green issues, both local and wider Bristol-based ones which are being addressed by our local Green Party councillors and those in other Bristol wards. See the ...
15 March 2017
