With rapid progress being made on the new mixed-use development on land at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has recently approved a further supplementary planning application for advertising signage at the site. Planning consent has now been granted for a 6m-high double-sided illuminated totem sign…
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The Stoke Gifford branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) launched its 2023/24 Poppy Appeal with a ceremony in the foyer of Bristol Parkway Station on Friday 27th October. Money raised through the Poppy Appeal goes to the RBL’s Welfare Fund, which is used to give help and support to serving and ex-service personnel and their families.
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Anti-social behaviour, attempted car break-ins and reckless driving in Stoke Gifford are among the topics addressed in detailed responses issued by Avon and Somerset Police following a meeting at which residents’ concerns were aired by local councillors. The meeting was called after residents expressed frustration at the apparent “lack of priority” being assigned to local issues.
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Little Stoke Primary School’s Key Stage 1 pupils came back to a new permanent covered outside area after the summer break. The newly created outside space will provide additional outdoor learning experiences for pupils. This is particularly important for enabling a smooth transition from Early Years into Years 1 and 2…
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Revised plans have been submitted for the final two phases of a 1,200-dwelling housing development in Harry Stoke which was granted outline planning permission more than 15 years ago. Crest Nicholson, working in cooperation with Sovereign Homes, wants to build 229 homes on a parcel of vacant land that lies between the existing Highbrook Park estate and the A4174 Ring Road.
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Stoke Gifford parish councillors have voted to defer making a decision on replacing play equipment in Meade Park that was destroyed in an arson attack in June. However, they agreed to pursue the most popular option chosen in a public consultation which was to replace the destroyed play fort with a basic platform or steps to support a slide plus the installation of a separate zip wire.
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Bus passengers in Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke will see a number of timetable and route changes coming into effect from Sunday 3rd September. The changes affect First Bus services M4 MetroBus, 19, 73 and Y6. Some journeys on the M4 MetroBus service will be “sped up to avoid excess slack in the timetable”, while the Y6 has a route change between Southmead Hospital and Bristol city centre.
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Abbeywood Community School has reported a “record-breaking” set of GCSE examination results, despite this year’s candidates experiencing several years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The proportion of students achieving both English and Mathematics at Grade 4 or above was 63 percent (compared to 67 percent in 2019).
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A wildlife ‘superhighway’ has been installed at a new housing development on the north-eastern fringe of Stoke Gifford to ensure the amphibian residents feel right at home. Housebuilder Wain Homes installed the £100,000 bespoke pair of tunnels underneath the entrance road to Mulgrove Farm Village (near Parkway North Roundabout) in a joint project with South Glos Council.
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Plans for an “excessively tall” nine-storey block of flats for 330 students near the University of the West of England (UWE) have been approved. South Gloucestershire councillors granted planning permission for the “landmark” spiral-design building on the former B&Q garden centre site at Filton Retail Park in Stoke Gifford, despite concerns about road safety…
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