... enable you to understand how we represent you when scrutinising planning applications and submiting public comments. Note that at present our policies are presented in a single long article, but a revised ...
21 February 2013
Alan Morris of Bristol Civic Society has put together a compendium of recent news on Bristol's public spaces, transport and planning policy. Contents include:
Overview of policies and schemes Miscellaneou ...
08 January 2019
Plans now revealed for Clean Air Day Bishopston on Thursday 21st June feature public support pledges and a "community call-out", 6-7pm, at Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road, followed by a clean air walk ...
06 June 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
The “Clean Air Bishopston” project was launched today, 17 May 2018, as the notion that air pollution represents a “public health emergency” becomes increasingly accepted and drives people into action. ...
17 May 2018
09 November 2017
The Bishopston Society’s arrangements for our next exciting public meeting, to be coupled with our 2017 Annual General Meeting, have now been finalised. Please make a diary note now: the meeting will take ...
29 August 2017
... issues, including from the local police and councillors, it will focus on the Bristol City Council consultation on proposed cuts to local services: the library service, public toilets, school crossing ...
28 June 2017
... take action through the setting up of a freight consolidation centre, residents parking schemes, and efforts to improve the bus network.
However one thing that also has to happen is improvement in publi ...
13 April 2017
Redland Green School at 7pm. “A future Community Partnership”. The Bishopston Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership will cease at the end of June 2017.
All community organisations working, and ...
11 April 2017
This is a public meeting to discuss outdoor advertising in Bristol. The meeting is at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft on 13 April, 7pm. It's a free meeting.
All are welcome. This will be an opportunit ...
05 April 2017
The contentious issue of air pollution, and how it affects our lives in Bishopston, is to be examined with expert help at The Bishopston Society's next public meeting taking place on Tuesday 4th April 2017 ...
21 February 2017
The Bishopston Society has extended a key consultation into the public domain.
We've recently been on a journey reviewing what we do, why, and how we can do it better. We've recently consulted our membe ...
24 January 2017
The Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership is holding a special public forum meeting to discuss the problems of residential streets in Bishopston that suffer from the effects of road ...
26 August 2016
... our main guest, the Bristol West MP, Thangam Debbonaire, all added up to the creation of one of the Society’s most enjoyable and successful Public Meetings, held on April 15th.
Plea for ‘Mem’ ...
19 April 2016
A well-attended public meeting held on 30 March 2015 not only heard four contrasting but equally interesting guest presentations, but also a range of lively interventions from the audience.
Despite ...
10 April 2015
The February Neighbourhood Forum is your chance to help shape your Neighbourhood Partnership Plan!
Join the interactive session
All residents are welcome to find out what is happening in the local ...
11 February 2015
The Howzat organisation wish to inform local residents that Gloucestershire Cricket Club are holding a public exhibition of their proposals for floodlights at the County Ground on Friday 18th July 3 ...
20 July 2014
There was a shared focus on ‘liveability’ at The Bishopston Society public meeting held on 7 April 2014. The common theme running through each of our four guest presentations was how the neighbourhood ...
09 April 2014
Commissioned by PFI developers Carillion, Willis Newson is working with Fresh Arts, the ongoing arts programme at North Bristol NHS Trust, to deliver a major public art programme for the new £430m super ...
09 February 2014
The planning application for this public convenience property simply states what work is planned for improving its present dilapidated state, namely:
Replace all existing windows, doors and frames, ...
07 December 2013
... by the quality of the buildings and public spaces that they pass through, in what George terms the ‘Brunel Mile’. This aspect of his vision also encompasses a view of how Temple Meads could logically become ...
27 March 2013
One of our members, Dennis Wright, has collaborated with John Hyde in writing a book entitled 'Bishopston: the Early Years' (price £12.00). It is published by the Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down ...
30 December 2010
... area. Being primarily a residential area much of the emphasis will be on the need to promote the prevention of the public nuisance. A CIA is not a tool for getting rid of existing licensed premises no ...
15 May 2010
At a lively public meeting of The Bishopston Society on 2nd October, a range of powerful ideas for improving Bishopston was gathered.
The ideas were the meeting's response to the key question of the evening ...
30 November -0001
... – from this meeting of minds BOSA was formed.
In recent months, and particularly since the very well attended public meeting held on 12th May hosted by Thangam Debbonaire MP, we have been active ...
15 January 2019
Details on the next Public Forum meeting and other Community Partnership business can be seen in their newsletter here ...
10 January 2019
... cars, and has completed its public consultation. It plans to submit its proposals to government at the end of January. Derby will not be introducing a charging Clean Air Zone. They are re-consulting, ...
08 January 2019
... aim to cut emissions from cars which remain running whilst idle.
Last year the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE) produced new guidance which recommended ...
17 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
... . They found that walkers spent £147 more per month than those travelling by car. Compared with 2004, spending by public transport users and walkers had risen; spending by car users and cyclists has decreas ...
07 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
... r earlier news report on this, or our follow-up article on the upcoming public consultation, or go straight to the Planning Portal record for this application located here.
More information
Our previo ...
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
... , and you’ll see.
Then came the horror of Bristol public transport which, for the most part, is buses since there are currently so few departures on Bristol’s commuter train lines. Anyone who regular ...
19 October 2018
... s of the five scheme options and report their findings to the Mayor. Details are unlikely to be made public .
● Bristol City Council is obliged to select and implement the scheme which will achieve complian ...
10 September 2018
... at both national and local level is lagging behind the public 's demand for action to be taken on improving and developing alternatives to car transport. The full survey report and a useful summary of it ...
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
... for people to make donations. There were daily tours of the orphanage. They lasted one and half hours and gave an opportunity for the public to see the work and contribute financial support if they felt ...
28 August 2018
... was originally proposed some years ago. The aims of BOSA are :-
1) To provide a forum and community focus for coordinated campaigning by making interested parties aware of public meetings, petitions ...
28 August 2018
... are set out in full on the BCRCP website: bcrp.org,uk
Following the AGM, the committee has been meeting monthly and has already organised a Public Forum (at Colston’s Primary School on 11 June), and ...
28 August 2018
Gloucester Road Businesses Independent District (GRBID) has entered the national Great British High Streety Awards 2018. The process involves 5 stages and at stage 4 the public can become involved in voting ...
21 July 2018
The power of ordinary citizens and community groups to shape the character of our area will be the focus of The Bishopston Society's autumn public meeting.
Scheduled for Tuesday 2nd October 2018 (at 7.15p ...
12 July 2018
... would only be considered where supported by the evidence such as public opinion/perception/local experience, changes to roads/environments/landuse and speed data.
For full details on how to respond t ...
09 July 2018
... with at the end of the first public meeting held by Clean Air Bishopston (CAB) on 21st June, Clean Air Day.
One of the speakers, Jess Read, local resident and transport engineer, in making this statement ...
25 June 2018
... ure a caption, including your name optionally)
Note: your pledge won't appear straight away - we need to approve it for public ation, though this generally won't take long
...
30 May 2018
... will then detect concentrations of particulate matter, an insidious component of air pollution, and enable readings to be automatically uploaded via wifi to a web site for public information.
Space ...
29 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
... tagged once again and waste builds up.”.
Street Scene are in talks with the public authorities and community groups, including The Bishopston Society, in case a viable way forward can be found. We’ll ...
17 May 2018
... designed as a symbolic series of initiatives to inform and inspire the public to take action on air pollution.
The day follows hard on the heels of the UK’s first ever National Clean Air Day, 15 June ...
05 May 2018
... exchange and public ations. We work closely with municipalities, planning consultancies and health authorities in the UK, as well as with the wider WHO European Healthy Cities network. ...
23 April 2016
Developing and advocating an investment strategy for the natural environment of the West of England to support economic development and public health. ...
23 April 2016
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
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.Sustrans is a leading UK charity enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day ...
23 April 2016
The Living Heart for Bristol campaign aims to improve the central areas of Bristol and create new public space by diverting through-traffic. ...
23 April 2016
... and environmental issues in the public sector. Together with our delivery partnerswe work in local communities, towns and cities as well as at regional and national levels. ...
23 April 2016
... its buildings, facilities and public spaces. ...
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
RTPI is the UK's largest leading planning body for spatial, sustainable and inclusive planning. It is a charity whose purpose is to advance the science and art of planning for the benefit of the public ' ...
23 April 2016
Part of the mission statement: We will provide benefit to The Community by promoting the interests of the area, and by seeking to work with the skills of the whole Community to influence the direction ...
19 April 2016
