Bristol Rovers stadium - site meeting.

Traffic and parking remain biggest issues for new Bristol Rovers stadium

Traffic congestion and on-street parking in residential areas remain top of the list of concerns following a meeting of Councillors today at the site of the proposed new Bristol Rovers stadium in Stoke Gifford [map]. Local residents in the adjoining Cheswick Village housing development have said they fear that traffic entering and leaving the stadium on match days will cause

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Internal view of Bristol Rovers' proposed new UWE Stadium in Stoke Gifford.

Opportunity to address Councillors on UWE Stadium plans

Local residents are to be given the chance to address members of the South Gloucestershire committee that is considering a planning application to construct a 21,700 seater sports stadium in Stoke Gifford. Members of the public are invited to attend a ‘site meeting’ of South Gloucestershire Council’s Development Control (West) Committee on land between Long Down Avenue, Cheswick Village, and

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New homes at Tallsticks, Cheswick Village, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Cheswick Village primary school to be an academy

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced that the primary school planned for the Cheswick Village new neighbourhood will be the district’s first new primary academy. The new school, for which the Council has budgeted £5.4m, is to be sponsored by the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF). The Secretary of State confirmed today that the CLF will oversee the planning, development and

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