Plans to build a large student accommodation block on a vacant plot within a Stoke Gifford retail park have moved a step forward with the submission of a formal planning application. The proposed building ranges from five to nine storeys in height and provides 330 student bedrooms. It is intended for students attending the nearby UWE Frenchay Campus and, once complete, would be managed by the university.
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Little Stoke Park has been a hive of activity in recent days as the compound for the 2023 Bristol Foodies Festival has taken shape. The three-day food and drink extravaganza kicks off tomorrow (Friday 12th May) and includes demonstrations by celebrity chefs and a funfair. Headline music acts due to perform at the festival are Blue, on Saturday evening, and Scouting for Girls, on Sunday evening.
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The Labour Party has become the largest political group on Stoke Gifford Parish Council following last week’s full elections, after they won seven of the available 12 seats, with the Conservatives picking up the remaining five seats. The new administration will hold its first official meetings at Little Stoke Community Hall on Wednesday 10th May.
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A Labour Party candidate has won one of the three Stoke Gifford seats on South Gloucestershire Council, meaning that the Conservatives no longer hold all the ward’s seats for the first time in many years. The ward was guaranteed at least two new members after Tory incumbents Brian Allinson and Ernie Brown chose not to defend their seats. Topping the poll this time was Labour’s David Addision with 1530 votes…
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Candidates have been announced for the South Gloucestershire district elections and Stoke Gifford parish elections, both of which take place on Thursday 4th May. Three seats are up for grabs in the Stoke Gifford ward of South Gloucestershire Council along with all 12 seats on Stoke Gifford Parish Council, although six of the latter are already determined through being uncontested.
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The Bristol Foodies Festival will go ahead next month in Little Stoke Park after councillors granted permission despite police and environmental health objections. South Gloucestershire Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee heard the organisers have run the event 128 times across the country since 2005 without a single serious issue and that parking for 600 cars had been found in a nearby field…
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Residents of Stoke Gifford and surrounding areas are invited to take part in a number of free art workshops to have a go at building sculptures that will be installed in the grounds of UWE Frenchay Campus. The workshops, which take place in April and May, are part of a public art project with Arnolfini, UWE Bristol and artists Juneau Projects.
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The anticipated reopening date of the Station Road junction on Gipsy Patch Lane has been put back for the fourth time in as many months, this time by up to six weeks. Although the work to extend the retaining wall is complete, there remains some outstanding work concerning utilities in the area, in particular a power cable that needs to be extended by National Grid.
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A Bristol husband-and-wife team who run an autism- and neurodiverse-friendly shop enjoyed an unforgettable visit to Downing Street last week to share their inspiring community work with the prime minister. Community champions Lucy and Richard Smith, owners of Your Village Shop at Stoke Gifford Retirement Village, were invited as guests of their local member of parliament Jack Lopresti.
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Plans to build a student accommodation block on an unused part of a Stoke Gifford retail park have been revealed by Canada Life Asset Management, in partnership with UWE. The proposed building, ranging from five to nine storeys high, would be built on the footprint of the garden centre of the former B&Q superstore at Filton Retail Park, off Fox Den Road.
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