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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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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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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Celebrity chefs and chart-topping musicians, including Scouting For Girls and Blue, will be appearing at an event taking place in Little Stoke Park over the weekend of 12th, 13th & 14th May. Around 3,000 people are expected to attend each day of the Bristol Foodies Festival, which has previously been held on The Downs in Bristol.
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A mobile coffee bar in the form of a vintage horsebox is set to be stationed in Stoke Gifford’s Meade Park for four days each week during August. The ‘Deja Brew’ trailer will be located on the grass close to the small visitor car park that is accessed from Hatchet Road. There will be no impact on the capacity of the car park.
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An initial round of public consultation has shown strong support for a proposal to create a new parish council for Cheswick Village and Stoke Park. A report shows that 86 percent of 110 respondents agreed that splitting the areas from Stoke Gifford and creating a new parish council would “give the community a stronger voice”.
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A row over the number of permanent advertising boards being put up on the railings around a football pitch in Little Stoke Park has been resolved following lengthy discussions at two recent parish council meetings. A limit of 12 boards along a specified section of the pitch perimeter has been imposed by the council.
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Local children are celebrating the arrival of exciting new play equipment within the play area in Meade Park, Stoke Gifford. The total cost of the project was £26,140, funded by South Gloucestershire Council through the Community Infrastructure Levy.
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After nearly 22 years working in local government within South Gloucestershire, with the last nine years as parish clerk and responsible financial officer for Stoke Gifford Parish Council, Steve Shield recently left his post to take up a new position as town clerk of Sherborne in Dorset. During his time in post, Steve was instrumental in moving the parish council
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