Tag: Bristol City Council
about 1 year ago
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Ashton Gate Sporting Quarter and Longmoor Village projects finally get planning permission

The project will bring a sports and convention centre to Bristol for the first time

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about 1 year ago
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No extra safety measures for East Street despite serious crash

Cyclists and pedestrians are worried about safety on the high street

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about 1 year ago
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West of England Combined Authority chief executive receives £219K payoff

Councillors had expressed that the combined authority was paying two top officers at the same time, including Patrici...

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about 1 year ago
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Wild swimming in Bristol Harbour returns for second trial

The first pilot scheme was fully booked, but the city council want to know if people want to swim in the cooler Septe...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol deputy mayor Cllr Craig Cheney to stand down next May

The Bristol City Council cabinet member for finance has confirmed he will not seek re-election, just days after the c...

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about 1 year ago
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Losing election candidate calls people who didn't vote for him 'selfish'

Frustrated Barry Cash said he didn't expect to win, but did expect to get some support. Just one in 48 people voted f...

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about 1 year ago
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£50m repairs plan for Cumberland Basin roads amid fears of 'catastrophic' bridge failure

The road network carries two-and-a-half times the traffic it was originally designed to take and is 'deteriorating at...

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about 1 year ago
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Wapping Wharf to throw huge party when Gaol Ferry Bridge finally reopens

The closure of the bridge has had a big impact on the bars, restaurants, cafes and shops of Wapping Wharf

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol has second highest number of CCTV cameras in the UK

The city has a 'dense surveillance network' according to researchers

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol's longest serving councillor to stand down after 32 years

Cllr Helen Holland was Bristol City Council leader from 2007 to 2009 and is the current portfolio holder for adult so...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol cabbie loses licence after knocking down pedestrian at Temple Meads

City councillors refused the blue-taxi driver's application to renew his permit following a court conviction and lack...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol CAZ process 'an absolute shambles' as couple in Sussex get yet another fine

Almost 20 fines, two complaints, many apologies and three promises, and the couple who live 140 miles away are still ...

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about 1 year ago
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Taco van wins first hot-food street licence outside Bristol City Hall

Councillors had refused all previous applications but the Mexican food outlet has been allowed to trade in the same s...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol council says 'noisy' 30m high phone mast will have to be taken down

It was erected at the bottom of residents' gardens as an 'emergency measure' almost three years ago

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about 1 year ago
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Much-loved motorcycle shop in Bristol set to become flats after it closed down years ago

The closure of the decades-old business left a prominent unit empty on the Bath Road

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about 1 year ago
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Travellers evicted for third time from South Bristol park as 'challenging summer' continues

It's been a 'challenging summer' for everyone involved

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about 1 year ago
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Turning Bristol's lost railway into a relief road is not the answer says Mayor

"This consultation shows just how hard it is to find fully segregated routes, without a commitment to exploring under...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol City Council wins only 17 per cent of Clean Air Zone fine appeals new figures reveal

More than four in five drivers don't have to pay their fines if they challenge them

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol shopping centre plans on hold as Government ministers consider planning controversy

The plan would see a huge shopping centre demolished and 819 flats built in its place

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about 1 year ago
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Plan to turn Bristol two-up-two-down into HMO for seven people goes to appeal

It has taken 15 months and council planners still have not decided

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about 1 year ago
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School term dates for Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset for the 2023/24 academic ...

Children across the Bristol region return to school next month - but term dates could differ depending on where you live

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about 1 year ago
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Plans for another 219 flats on South Bristol's 'development street'

More than 2,000 new homes are being built on Malago Road, including this proposal for the end of the street

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol harbourside paddleboard company fears closure after 'turbulent year'

It fears it could close unless it can secure a new spot for storage along the Floating Harbour

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol's landmark eyesore Grosvenor Hotel to be demolished 'soon' says council

It's almost a year since it was hit by a huge fire. But after being ordered to make it safe and now with permission t...

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about 1 year ago
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Police warned council about fires at empty sports centre two weeks before huge blaze

Police attended the building 14 times in just a few weeks, and predicted: "Someone will hurt themselves or that the b...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol city centre roadworks explained as Baldwin Street dug up

It will be months yet before the works are complete, unless the project finishes ahead of schedule

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol council refuse to say why they let off CAZ-busting driver Mr L

A driver overturned four Clean Air Zone fines but the council won't explain or defend its own scheme

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about 1 year ago
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Police 'chasing kids out' of fire-hit sports centre for weeks before blaze

A huge blaze broke out at Whitchurch Sports Centre on Wednesday this week. Residents now say they have been calling o...

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about 1 year ago
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Row between Bristol's top two planning councillors over 'sabotage' claims

The committee chairs have exchanged a war of words after one accused the other of blocking changes to speed up huge b...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol Beacon 'lessons learned' report will miss watchdogs' deadline

Auditors told Bristol City Council to produce its findings on how to avoid a repeat of the debacle before the venue r...

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol City Council 'may not be financially sustainable', watchdogs warn

Auditors Grant Thornton have identified three "significant weaknesses" in how the authority uses resources, including...

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about 1 year ago
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Property Guardians moving into huge nursing home site

The 169-room nursing home closed down and is earmarked for development

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol's first e-scooter parking bay created as hundreds expected across the city

The move is a sign of a huge change in the way the hire scheme works in Bristol

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about 1 year ago
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Marvin Rees hits out at Bristol underground critics and explains why tunnels are a 'must'

City mayor says lack of tunnelled sections for mass transport system would mean shops demolished on major road and tr...

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about 1 year ago
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No affordable homes for huge Temple Meads development is 'a disgrace' blasts council chief

Developers say they can't afford to include affordable homes in the prime spot

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about 1 year ago
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Traveller group slams 'despicable' boycott advice from Bristol councillors

Hengrove and Whitchurch's councillors told residents not to hire the Travellers

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about 1 year ago
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Bristol crematorium expansion decision postponed by council in face of opposition

The expansion of the South Bristol Crematorium would impact Bristol's last working farm, supporters had warned

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about 1 year ago
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Driver overturns four Bristol CAZ fines and says it could mean every fine has to be repaid

The driver was so confident he appealed on behalf of a stranger, and even pledged to pay their fines if he failed. He...

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about 1 year ago
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Developer 'reviewing' Bristol's unfinished Boatyard tower block after work stalls

No work has taken place to finish the landmark tower block for more than a year

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