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News Developer looking to convert aircraft hangars into entertainment complex hosting UK’s third-largest arena

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he company behind the redevelopment of the former Filton Airfield has submitted plans to create the UK’s third biggest entertainment arena complex within three redundant hangars on the site.

YTL Developments (UK) Ltd has submitted a suite of four planning applications to Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council – proposing a repurposing of the enormous Brabazon Hangars, the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the adjacent railway line, the provision of a temporary car park for 2,000 vehicles and highway improvements to allow access for service vehicles.

The developer says the new complex will create more than 500 new jobs and inject £1.5 billion into the local economy over 25 years.

Managing director of YTL Arena Complex, Andrew Billingham, said: “YTL’s commitment is demonstrated as we submit our exciting plans to deliver a 100 percent privately funded entertainment complex for Bristol. It uses the 28,000sqm floorspace of all three hangars to create something unique in the south west: an arena, exhibition and leisure space all under one roof.”

Three venues in one

The arena will be in the Central Hangar and with 17,080 capacity, it will be the third largest in the UK after Manchester and the O2.

The East Hangar will house a new Festival Hall, a flat floor event space for conventions, exhibitions and working in tandem with the arena to attract large scale events.

The West Hangar, The Hub, will be a place to eat, work and play, with leisure facilities, food and drink and home to small or startup businesses.

Mr Billingham continued: “We’re building much more than just an arena – it’s a 365-day entertainment destination inside the iconic Brabazon Hangars that will create new jobs, bring new business to the region and

enhance Bristol’s position as a leading European city.”

“Sustainability is a key focus.

Our plans include zero waste to landfill, harvesting rainwater and installing solar panels on the vast roof area. By repurposing the existing hangars, the proposals will save more than 18,600 tonnes of carbon emissions alone. The development of a landscape strategy will be sympathetic to the local surroundings and the approved former Filton Airfield scheme.”

Director of planning and development at YTL Developments, Seb Loyn, said: “We are already beginning to transform the former Filton Airfield into a thriving new neighbourhood for Bristol, known as Brabazon. The YTL Arena Complex will be connected to and complement this new urban community, creating a place where every generation can live, work and play.”

Transport considerations

A new train station on the Henbury Spur and a new MetroBus service, both serving the new Brabazon neighbourhood and within 500m of the proposed Arena Complex, will create transport links to the city centre.

Shuttle buses will be in operation for the largest events, ferrying visitors to the site from Bristol city centre and various park & ride locations. However, the submitted plans show that up to 80 percent of visitors are expected to travel by private car (either directly to the venue or to a park & ride location), raising concerns about the impact on the local road network.

A temporary car park on the former airfield’s runway will accommodate up to 2,000 vehicles, but this will eventually be replaced by a permanent multi-storey car park elsewhere on the Brabazon site.

Mr Billingham added: ‘We’ll encourage our visitors to use public transport where possible.

As YTL will manage the Complex, we will be able to discourage car

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Plans submitted for airfield arena complex

Visualisations (l-r): New pedestrian bridge leading over the railway line and into the Arena hangar; The Arena in its ‘full capacity’ configuration Continued from facing page

use and encourage other forms of transport through incentives and ticketing strategies.”

Community engagement activities over the past 12 months have seen nearly 2,000 people visit the Brabazon Hangars to see and hear about YTL’s plans, and the developer’s team has visited

locations across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Mr Billingham concluded: “We’ve been encouraged by the overwhelming public support for our plans, with the results of a recent survey showing 96.4 percent in full support, and 99.9 percent just wanting an arena in Bristol to be proud of.”

“We’ll create an entertainment destination for the South West of England that puts Bristol on the world stage and creates the ultimate night out.”

If the proposals are given the go ahead, YTL plans to be opening the doors to the public in early 2023. ● www.ytlarenabristol.co.uk

Planning applications 19/05500/P (Bristol) Hangar repurposing P19/16742/F (South Glos) New pedestrian bridge P19/16741/F (South Glos) Temporary car park P19/16740/F (South Glos) Highway improvements Find links at bit.ly/bsj-mag-links

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www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk Reader comments on the BSJ & SGJ Facebook pages KG: OK, so is it just me or are the road planners on some kind of LSD? If not they are certifiably crazy. The way the roads are planned and run is just a laugh (without the humour)!

AC: I just despair at the sheer stupidity of the council. At night anyone who doesn’t know they are there will just assume there is no traffic on the roundabout as they will see no lights and sail across without slowing down or looking. Madness.

MB: More “blinding screens” than “visibility” ones! If you call them with the right name, does it still sound like a good idea?

JH: Thought there was already something to slow vehicles without hinder visibility called speed bumps? I know of roundabouts with rumble strips that slow you down without losing visibility and are tried and tested so these ridiculous green walls seems crazy MR-C: This is stupid, people who “misjudge their approach speeds” are the same people who will completely ignore these massive reflective eye sores and will speed onto the roundabout anyway.

RVC: Perhaps the council could reduce accidents further by blindfolding drivers so they can’t drive down the road to cause an accident? Reducing visibility doesn’t reduce speed, as fog always demonstrates, and will increase the danger for all when emergency vehicles have to enter this roundabout.

BS: Being able to anticipate the movement of traffic on a roundabout is a key tool to driving correctly and efficiently when approaching them. Reducing visibility seems down right stupid.

PJ: Not sure about this idea, but there are plenty of people willing to pull out in front of you on this roundabout.

DH: Quite apart from anything else it’s ugly - wouldn’t planting look better and achieve the same result?

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News Visibility screens: Council’s letter circulated prior to installation Background

Collision records show that there is an issue with vehicles on the B4057 over-running give way lines at Hatchet Road roundabout and colliding with vehicles on the circulatory carriageway.

Funding has been prioritised to address this issue by providing visibility screens on the B4057 approaches, to reduce vehicle approach speeds.

Purpose of the scheme

The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the number of collisions occurring, by reducing vehicle speeds on the B4057 approaches.

Currently, the very good visibility on the approach to the roundabout means that drivers can make a very early decision as to whether to enter the roundabout or not; consequently, these drivers do not reduce speed

significantly, and some misjudge their entry leading to a collision.

The provision of screens which reduce forward visibility forces drivers to slow down and wait until they approach the give way line, where they regain visibility, to make a decision on whether to enter the roundabout or not.

Such installations have been successful in reducing collisions at similar sites (including A4174 Wraxall Road, in South Gloucestershire).

Proposed scheme

It is proposed to introduce visibility screens on both B4057 approaches to the roundabout.

The screens will be dark green in colour and approximately 1.8 metres in height.

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Roundabout screens cost taxpayer £22,000

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pair of controversial ‘visibility screens’ installed on the approaches to the Winterbourne Road / Hatchet Road roundabout cost over £22,000 to install, the Journal can reveal.

The purpose of the screens, which are formed of an array of metal sheets, is to obscure the view of motorists approaching the roundabout (along either the Winterbourne Road or Gipsy Patch Lane), thereby discouraging them from making an early decision as to whether to enter the roundabout or not, in the hope that this will reduce the number of collisions (read more on the facing page).

However, the counter-intuitive concept of improving road safety by obscuring drivers’ views has been questioned by many Journal readers and local councillors.

The three ward councillors for Stoke Gifford, Ernie Brown, Keith Cranney and Brian Allinson have expressed “strong opposition” to the installation of the screens and have challenged the “process and action taken”, allegedly without their knowledge or consent.

However, a spokesperson for South Gloucestershire Council denied that the work had been carried out without due consultation, saying: “We consult with local members and town or parish councils when highways schemes such as this are proposed. Stoke Gifford Parish Council and local ward

members were emailed about this particular scheme on 15th May 2019 and we received no responses.”

In response to a request to provide more details about the justifications for the scheme, the Journal received the following response from SGC: “The site was highlighted during annual collision concentration site analysis in 2018/19, which prompted further analysis of a longer collision record.”

“In the five years between January 2013 and February 2018, the period initially considered during analysis, there were twelve collisions at the roundabout. Five of these collisions involved a vehicle entering the roundabout from either of the B4057 approaches and colliding with another vehicle on the roundabout. All five of these collisions involved either a cyclist or motorcyclist being hit by a vehicle entering the roundabout.”

Asked if data was available to quantify the claimed success of a similar scheme elsewhere in the district, the response from SGC was: “Monitoring of the casualty reduction scheme at the Wraxall Road roundabout saw the number of personal injury collisions at the roundabout reduce by 2.4 collisions per year.

Moreover, the speed of vehicles on the entry to the roundabout on the A4174 reduced by at least 5mph.”

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January 2020

News By-pass speed cameras detecting average of 42 offenders an hour

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obile camera units used to periodically enforce the controversial 30mph speed limit on the Stoke Gifford By-Pass detected more than 1,200 offences over a 12-month period, the Journal can reveal.

With the speed cameras being deployed for just 30 hours and 15 minutes over the period, the average detection rate works out at 41.95 offences per hour of enforcement, the equivalent of a ticket being issued every 86 seconds.

Comparison with data from other mobile speed camera sites in and around the Stokes (see facing page) shows that the detection rate on the Stoke Gifford By-Pass is more than four times the average seen elsewhere, which comes in at less than ten detections an hour.

The by-pass speed limit has proved controversial ever since the road was opened two years ago, in December 2017.

Travelling south from Parkway North Roundabout (near Nuffield Health), the by-pass (officially named Rosedown Avenue) initially has a 40mph speed limit before changing to 30mph shortly before the traffic light-controlled junction with Hambrook Lane.

Between Hambrook Lane and the Oxleigh Way traffic lights (entrance to Highbrook Park) the road sweeps across open countryside and has the

appearance of one which might be expected to have a higher speed limit of at least 40mph, save for the presence of street lighting columns.

Although many motorists have complained that the speed limit signage is inadequate, particularly when joining the road coming north off the A4174 Ring Road. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) says national guidelines forbid it from installing ‘repeater’ speed limit signs at intermediate points.

In early 2019, one frustrated motorist ran a petition calling for the speed limit on the by-pass to be raised because “it has a speed limit that quite drastically does not match the engineering standard of the road”. The petition attracted 527 signatures over the three-month period that it was open.

SGC’s response to the petition said that “the vertical and horizontal alignment on the southern part of the by-pass [is] below the desirable minimum for a road with a speed limit above 30mph, as specified in national standards”. It also pointed out that planned housing development along the road [i.e. the East of Harry Stoke New Neighbourhood] would have the effect of “naturally reducing traffic speeds”, although it noted that the house building has not come forward as quickly as had been anticipated when the bypass was designed.

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Speed limit and speed camera warning signs on the Stoke Gifford By-Pass Location of mobile enforcement site

Hours of enforcement

Tickets issued

Tickets per hour 7.64

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A38 Gloucester Road, Patchway (40mph)

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A4174 Avon Ring Road Near M32 J1 (50mph)

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B4057 Gypsy Patch Lane (30mph)

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Bradley Stoke Way, Bradley Stoke (40mph)

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New Road, Stoke Gifford (30mph)

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Stoke Gifford By-Pass, Stoke Gifford (30mph)

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Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke (30mph)

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Table showing hours of enforcement carried out, number of notices of intended prosecution (‘tickets’) issued and the number of ‘tickets’ issued per hour of enforcement at mobile speed camera sites in the Stokes area over the 12-month period November 2018 to October 2019

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News Replacement bridge takes shape as road closures loom

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arely visible to passing traffic, the giant concrete structure that will soon replace the narrow Victorian railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane is slowly but surely taking shape within the adjacent site compound of Network Rail’s contractor Alun Griffiths (see photo below).

Assuming all goes to plan, the completed 4,500 tonne replacement bridge will be manoeuvred into position during a nine-day closure of the railway line currently scheduled to commence on 11th April.

Ahead of this, a planned eightmonth full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane, at the railway bridge, is due to commence in March. The precise date is still to be revealed, but online traffic planning tool One Network suggests it will be 5th March 2020.

Piling work to create foundations that will support the new bridge at its four corners began on 4th November 2019.

It appears to be running a little behind the originally announced schedule, but the project team insist that the overall scheme remains “on time”.

At the time of writing in midDecember, the initial sheet piling was nearing completion on all four corner sites and bored piling had begun on the first (southwest) corner (see photo opposite).

The first phase of overnight piling took place from 2nd to 5th December and weekend work, including piling, on 14th/15th December.

The piling work is expected to continue until the end of January, with construction of the new bridge continuing until the end of February.

No piling or construction work will take place between 24th December 2019 and 1st January 2020 inclusive.

As we went to press, it was announced that the junction of Station Road and Gipsy Patch Lane will be closed to all vehicles

Replacement bridge construction: The northern side of the bridge (scaffolded section to the right of the photo) is 30% complete, including reinforcement steel work. Work is beginning on the southern side (scaffolded section to the left).

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News Public drop-in events, January 2020 To help keep local people informed about all highway improvement works taking place in the area this year, South Gloucestershire Council is holding a series of public drop-in events: Wednesday 22nd January, 4pm to 7pm Little Stoke Primary School, Little Stoke Lane BS34 6HY Saturday 25th January, 11.30am to 2.30pm Little Stoke Community Hall, Little Stoke Lane BS34 6HR Monday 27th January, 4pm to 7pm St Michael’s Centre, North Rd BS34 8PD Thursday 30th January, 4pm to 7pm Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road BS32 8BH Officers from the council will be available to answer questions, along with representatives from Network Rail and Alun Griffiths who are involved with the CPME project. Everyone is welcome to attend, there is no need to book. Please note these are drop-in sessions and you can attend at any time during the session.

On Saturday 25th January, members of the TravelWest team will be on hand at the Little Stoke Community Hall event offering advice on alternative, active and sustainable travel options. They will also be able to help with journey planning.

A giant bored piling machine working on the south-west corner foundations

for approximately two weeks from Monday 6th January.

Pedestrians and cyclists will still be able to access Station Road via Gipsy Patch Lane during the closure. A signed diversion route for vehicles to reach Station Road via Little Stoke Lane and Clay Lane will be in operation.

The November meeting of the Stakeholder Liaison Group (SLG) was told that the official diversion route for the eightmonth full closure will be the same as last June, i.e. Great Stoke Roundabout, Bradley Stoke Way, Aztec West, A38. It was also informed that Orpheus Avenue will be resurfaced ahead of the closure and temporary

traffic signals will be used during the morning and afternoon peak travel times at the miniroundabout at the junction of Little Stoke Lane and Braydon Avenue. These will start when the closure begins and initially run as a trial.

The SLG meeting once more heard concerns expressed about parking on Little Stoke Lane near to the junction with Gipsy Patch Lane, which blocks traffic trying to use the road. The council says it is looking into the potential for temporary parking restrictions. A decision will be reported back to the group in January.

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(CPME) project, two new MetroBus stops are due to be installed along Hatchet Road in early 2020 (One Network shows a start date of 6th April).

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Jack Lopresti re-elected for fourth term as MP

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onservative Jack Lopresti has been re-elected as member of parliament for the constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke, registering his fourth successive victory at the ballot box.

Mr Lopresti’s share of the vote dropped slightly to 48.9 percent (from 49.8 percent in 2017) but his majority increased from 4,190 to 5,646 (10.5 percent).

Local Labour activists had been hopeful that their candidate Mhairi Threlfall could build on gains made by their party in 2017, but were disappointed to see their share of the vote fall by 3.3 percentage points to 38.4 percent, reflecting a swing seen across the country.

Liberal Democrat candidate Louise Harris came a distant third in the poll on 9.3 percent, albeit managing to register a 3.3 percentage point increase in vote share compared to her party’s poor performance in 2017.

Jenny Vernon, the Green candidate, secured 2.9 percent of the vote. She was a late replacement for her party’s original candidate Tom

Meadowcroft, who caused a storm by standing down and throwing his support behind the Labour candidate in a disagreement over his party’s national ‘Remain pact’ with the Liberal Democrats.

The fifth candidate, former Bradley Stoke mayor Elaine Hardwick, standing for the tiny Citizens Movement Party UK which she had formed just a few months ago, attracted just 257 of the 53,752 valid votes cast.

Turnout in the constituency was 72.6 percent, up from 70.2 percent in 2017.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Lopresti said: “I felt a real sense on the doorstep that people wanted some clarity. Whether they voted for Brexit or not, they wanted the issue settled.”

He later tweeted: “A great honour and privilege to be re-elected to serve our local community and country in parliament for the fourth time.

Thanks to everyone for their trust and continued support. I will honour and deliver on it.”

“Our mandate is clear: Move forward, deliver Brexit and unite the country.”

Above: Jack Lopresti, elected to represent Filton and Bradley Stoke for a fourth term Left (clockwise from top left): Candidates Mhairi Threlfall, Louise Harris, Elaine Hardwick and Jenny Vernon

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www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk Great Stoke Roundabout improvements: Project timetable

January – April

Narrow lanes and lane closures on Bradley Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road

May – August

Narrow lanes and lane closures on Bradley Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road.

Lane closures on Great Stoke Way

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Great Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road lane closures

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Roundabout roadworks to start in early January “Journey times will inevitably be affected,” says council A temporary ramp has been constructed on the west side of Bradley Stoke Way to provide a diversion route for pedestrians

Frequently asked questions about the scheme, answered by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) What will be the impact during the work?

Most of the work will be undertaken using narrow lanes and lane closures. Narrow lanes will be operational 24 hours a day and lane closures shall be restricted to off-peak hours where possible.

Journey times will inevitably be affected, we apologise for the inconvenience. We will do everything we can to keep residents and road users informed with up to date information to help with journey planning.

Will cyclists, pedestrians and bus services be affected during the work?

Yes. In order to widen the lanes at the roundabout, it will be necessary to close footways and implement narrow lanes on the carriageway. Where footways are closed, fully signed diversion routes will be in operation.

Where narrow lanes are in place, we would encourage cyclists to dismount and use the footways.

To maintain access for cyclists and pedestrians throughout the work, we will also be constructing temporary facilities including diversion paths around

the roundabout. Work on the temporary facilities started in late November 2019 was planned to be completed before Christmas.

Bus journey times are expected to be impacted due to the increased likelihood of congestion. At times during the construction phase, bus lanes will be reduced in length to accommodate temporary traffic management. When required during construction, the westbound bus stop on the B4057, Winterbourne Road will be temporarily relocated, approximately 85 metres to the east.

Are road closures required and what will the diversion routes be?

Road closures are only expected towards the end of the construction phase, during September and October 2020, to complete the final surfacing and road marking work. We will publicise the signed diversion routes nearer the time and residents in the immediate area will be kept informed.

Emergency services will be advised in advance of any road closures. They will use this information to plan their routes.

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otorists in the Stokes are being warned to expect delays at a major roundabout on the local road network in the new year.

Improvement works at Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout), on the border between Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford, are due to start on Thursday 2nd January and are expected to take 12 months to complete.

The £2.9 million scheme, funded by Weca, includes: • Increasing all approaches to the roundabout from two lanes to three • Widening and modifications to road markings on the roundabout • The installation of Toucan crossings on each of the four arms of the roundabout, prioritised for pedestrians and cyclists The work will necessitate the temporary closure of footways/

cycleways in the vicinity of the roundabout. Diversions will be in place for pedestrians and cyclists, including the use of temporary light controlled crossings on the Winterbourne Road, to the west of the roundabout, and on Great Stoke Way to the south.

Preparatory work that took place before Christmas has seen the construction of a temporary ramp to divert the footway on the west side of Bradley Stoke Way along the top of the embankment.

The scrub clearance which took place prior to the installation of the ramp was necessary to “open up the area” to avoid creating a “significant personal safety risk” for members of the public, according to a council source.

Further details about the roundabout improvement scheme are available on the SGC website at www.southglos.gov.uk/ majorroadworks

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SH: The Metro bus has certainly made my life much easier and less time spent on the bus (as I used to use the 73 to Bristol and back, which could take up to an hour-and-a-half some days due to traffic etc.).

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RH: Never used buses before the MetroBus but now wouldn’t go into Bristol any other way. Big sceptic 100% converted.

RD: I think it’s fantastic. I get it every day and the ‘every 10min’ frequency takes the stress out of missing a bus or one being late. It so far has been life-changing moving from the 73 and scaled down X73 .

WS: Used it for a bit, still went back to the car very shortly afterwards. It would be far more usable if they created an M1X service that by-passes UWE in the morning/evening rush hours. As it stands, you either catch a T1 or spend an extra 30 minutes gridlocked at UWE. SL: I love the MetroBus. However, for the second time they are about to reduce the service. The whole point of MetroBus is the frequency. Had to wait 20min a few times recently. People will just end up using their car if the service times are reduced. M1 needs to avoid just being like other bus service.

PG: Hardly been on a bus in 20 years till M1 started, now use it all the time and the T1 to Thornbury. Don’t let the good work be undone.

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M1 MetroBus service changes from 5th Jan

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us operator First West of England is making further changes to its MetroBus Bristol services from Sunday 5th January 2020, in particular the M1 MetroBus which links Bradley Stoke with Cribbs Causeway and Bristol city centre.

The company says the changes are designed to better reflect the pattern of customer demand across all hours of MetroBus service and improve reliability and punctuality.

The number of customers using the city’s MetroBuses has grown steadily, with more than four million passengers carried across the three routes (M1, M2 & M3) since the launch of the services.

The M1 MetroBus service between Cribbs Causeway and Hengrove, which passes along

Bradley Stoke Way, has seen varying customer demand across peak and off-peak times.

Additional peak capacity was added to the busiest sections of the route in September 2019, however this was only of benefit to passengers from Bradley Stoke travelling in the direction of the city centre during the morning peak.

With peak demand continuing to grow, the number of buses between Bradley Stoke’s Patchway Brook stop (near Aldi) and the city centre will be increased from January to provide extra capacity in both directions, and in the evening peak as well as the morning peak. Furthermore, some of these extra buses will start or terminate at Parson Street Station in Bedminster rather than the city centre.

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News Far left: A M1 MetroBus vehicle loads passengers at the Webbs Wood stop in Bradley Stoke Left: A MetroBus iPoint ticket and information machine at the Willow Brook stop in Bradley Stoke

This will mean a bus will run every 7-8 minutes on this section of the route at all weekday peak times compared to the current 10 minutes, an increase of 33 percent in the number of seats provided.

Outside of peak times on this section of the route, and throughout the day on the remainder of the route, the weekday M1 service will now operate every 15 minutes (a downgrade from the present ‘every 12 minutes’). Late evening services (after about 7pm) will continue to run every 20 minutes.

On Saturdays, buses will operate every 20 minutes at all times of day throughout the route (a downgrade from the present ‘every 12 minutes’ between approximately 10am and 5pm).

There are no changes to the frequency of buses on Sundays and public holidays.

Details of changes to the other the other two MetroBus services, M2 (Long Ashton - city centre) and M3 (Emersons Green – city

centre) may be viewed on the First Bus website.

Rob Pymm, commercial director at First West of England, said: “As MetroBus grows in popularity, we continue to learn more about people’s travel patterns and this helps us to adjust the services and make sure we have the right number of buses in the right places at the right times. Peak time services are exceeding expectations, so we are pleased to be able to put extra peak buses on the busiest section of M1 from January and also launch a Sunday service on the M2 from April, but to make these investments we need to ensure that we have the right level of service during the quieter periods as well.”

“We are working closely with the MetroBus team to develop ways of encouraging more offpeak demand, and to get things moving in the new year, we’ll shortly be launching a January offer aimed at getting more people to use MetroBus during what is typically a quiet month

after the festive period.”

From 6th January until the end of the month, a group ticket on all MetroBus services will be available from 10am on weekdays allowing up to five people to travel for £5.

Rob added: “Eighty-five percent of MetroBus users told us they’d recommend MetroBus to family and friends, so we really hope people will take advantage of the offer and give MetroBus a try.” ● metrobusbristol.co.uk

Do you have a question about MetroBus that you would like to put to First West of England?

Perhaps you have an idea for improving the service or would like to suggest a change to the route. For example, some readers have called for the introduction of an M1X service that would join the M32 at junction 1 rather than going into UWE. Let us know and we will put your questions and suggestions to First’s management.

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Local young carers take a break at crafts event

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group of local young carers recently took part in a ceramics workshop with Carers Support Centre, hosted and funded by Create Arts Charity. This hands-on workshop gave young carers the chance to take some much-needed time away from their caring role and do something creative, sociable and fun.

Morgan is 10 years old and lives in Bradley Stoke. She helps to care for her brother Cameron, who is visually impaired. She had this to say about the workshop: “I made a basket. My favourite part of the session was modelling the clay! The art sessions helped me take my mind off home life”.

Millie is 12 years old and lives in Yate. She helps to care for her brother and her sister, who couldn’t do without her help.

She commented: “I liked the clay modelling. I enjoyed the feeling of it. I made fairies and a garden. It is helpful having the art sessions as you get to talk to others and make something at the same time”.

Caring is a huge responsibility that should only ever be expected of an adult. Young carers do a fantastic job of caring for someone at home, but it has a big impact on a young life. Young carers may struggle to keep up with schoolwork, experience bullying, and suffer with anxiety and depression.

This is where Carers Support Centre comes in. As well as workshops, the charity offers local young carers activities including cinema, theatre trips and daytrips. Events like this mean everything to young carers.

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Young carers Morgan (left, from Bradley Stoke) and Millie (from Yate)

They give them the time and space to relax, make friends and just be kids for a while. These activities also allow them to meet others in similar situations, reminding them that there are other children like them, facing the same challenges. Accessing these activities is crucial for young carers’ wellbeing.

Looking ahead, National Young Carers Awareness Day is on 30th January 2020 and Carers Support Centre is asking local schools to show their support by joining the national Young Carers in Schools programme.

Run jointly by Carers Trust and The Children’s Society, the programme works with schools across England to share good practice, provide relevant tools and training, and to celebrate

the great outcomes that many schools achieve for young carers.

Kama McKenzie, Young Carers Manager, at Carers Support Centre, said: “On average young carers will miss a day of school each month as a result of their caring role, so the steps schools take to identify and support them can have a huge impact on their learning, wellbeing and life chances.”

You can help young carers by finding out if your local school is part of the Young Carers in Schools programme. If they are not, please make them aware of the initiative and suggest that they get in touch with Carers Support Centre.

Find out more about Carers Support Centre on their website, www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk

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James* is an energetic 13 year-old boy with a huge sense of humour and a need for a long-term foster family who can provide him with love, fun and encouragement as he grows.

James is a loveable boy who’s filled with energy and loves sports and is especially fond of football and cricket. He is very creative and loves building things, one moment he may be building a den in the garden for an imaginary adventure and the next he may be thinking about teenage activities like music and films.

James needs a foster family who can provide a warm and caring home, giving him consistency and a secure base.

His foster family will be able to show him they understand his past, accept him as he is, and give him hope for his future, and give him the guidance he needs to make healthy choices about his food, family and friends. James would like a foster family who share some of his interests and will support him with his education and activities.

Caring for James will be very rewarding, if, at times, exhausting.

To assist you, we will provide a comprehensive package including an existing and dedicated multi-professional ‘team around the foster family’, a mentor for James, extra help with activities, respite, and on-going training and therapeutic support.

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SAVAGES WOOD PATHS PROJECT Improved paths

Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group annual hedgelaying weekend Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January 2020 Why not come and join our annual weekend hedgelaying party? Using traditional tools and methods we are continuing to create a dog-proof hedge along the length of Bradley Stoke Way and it’s an excellent way to work off that extra mince pie we treated ourselves to!

Bradley Stoke Way

Although, on the Sunday, we lose some of the calorie brownie points by supplying a lunch of hot bacon butties (or vegetarian sausages) cooked on site. For both days the meeting point is behind the leisure centre at 10am. We hope to see you there!

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News

Conservation group review of the year

By Sara Messenger, Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group

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ell that was yet another very busy year which seemed to fly by, if only our goals could have achieved the same speed! But for all its challenges, annoyances, foul weather and delays, it has, I feel, still been a satisfying year for us. Although our now swan-less lake is still full of silt, our bridges are rotting and we mourn the loss of our water voles and our skylarks, we do now have grizzled skipper and small egger butterflies, stoats and some decent paths. What’s more, our otters have returned and we won the battle of the balsam!

The Savages Wood paths project has been a long hard slog but it has been worth it. Now that we have approved methods and contractors, we hope to be able to improve more paths on the reserve, including those by the lake. And if we could manage these projects ourselves, it would keep the costs down.

The disabled access gate, located behind the sports hall at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre (see map on facing page) has been a good addition to the reserve, not only for mobility scooters but for push chairs too. It’s been a joy to see another generation discover all that the reserve has to offer whether that’s hunting for bugs, catching falling leaves or watching the squirrels play in

Above: Disabled access gate, located behind the leisure centre. Below: Kamil.

the slanting sunlight high up in the trees.

Looking forward to 2020, we hope to have more of our hugely popular foraging forays and bat walks, fewer fires, less vandalism, more water vole and butterfly improvements and fewer diseased and falling trees.

We also have plans to install a star-gazing bed with its own planisphere! We have applied for a British Science Week 2020 grant and hope to be able to ‘launch’ the bed during British science week (6th-15th March).

This just leaves me just enough time to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time or stopped to say ‘thank you’ and to all those who have come along to one of our walks and filled the air with fun and laughter … and finally to wish bezpieczna podróż to our volunteer Kamil as he leaves us to take up a new job.

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January 2020

News

Street and hip-hop dance studio pupils excel at performing arts festival

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ancers from the local Danceworks Studio put in great performances at the 2019 Longwell Green and Kingswood Performing Arts Festival held from 27th October to 2nd November.

This is a competitive festival for amateur performers of all ages in music, dance and speech and is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals.

Four dancers from the Patchway & Filton based dance studio entered the popular festival, all of them competing for the very first time as soloists – three dancers in the Street & Hip-Hop category and one in the Lyrical Dance division.

Hundreds of dancers competed

from dance studios and schools across Bristol and further afield in the various genres of ballet, modern, lyrical, contemporary, tap, street and hip-hop dance.

Soloists are required to perform a routine of 1:30-2:00 minutes on stage, in front of an audience, and are adjudicated on technical ability, artistry, neatness, projection and energy.

Three of the Danceworks contingent excelled in the Street & Hip-Hop category and the studio was proud to take home one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze medal.

Ashwin Madhusudhanan, from Bradley Stoke, was awarded Gold for winning the Senior Street & Hip-Hop category and, being the youngest and only male entry, it

Medallists (l-r): Ashwin Madhusudhanan, Sean Ibbotson and Natasha Harris

was an outstanding achievement as he has only been training at Danceworks for a year. Natasha Harris earned a well-deserved Bronze in the same Senior category, with just a single point separating the medallists. Sean Ibbotson received a Silver in the Junior Hip-Hop and was also the only male to compete in this section, with just 18 months of dance training at the studio.

Liesel Freitag, studio owner and coach, commented: “The dancers all performed excellent routines. I am so proud that such

young newcomers took up the challenge to compete for the first time – against some experienced performers – and were awarded top placings for their efforts.”

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In Brief

with Jamie Finlay, City Church Bristol (Bradley Stoke site)

Happy new year I WONDER how many times you’ve been wished a ‘happy new year’ so far this January.

It makes it all sound so simple, doesn’t it? Wouldn’t it be great if just by wishing someone a happy new year, we could make it so!

However we all know wishing alone won’t make it reality. In fact, if last year is anything to go by, we’ll face more and more uncertainty and turmoil in our nation.

Research tells us we’re becoming increasingly anxious as a society. We fear for our children, we fear for our finances.

We fear losing our jobs. Or that even if we don’t, it won’t provide enough to go around.

Some fear what will happen as we leave the EU while others fear that we won’t leave at all.

Everything seems more uncertain than it used to be. We live in unprecedented times, we’re repeatedly told on the news.

The crowds that gathered to listen to Jesus 2,000 years

ago were living in pretty unprecedented times too. Their economy was in turmoil, they were undergoing massive cultural change, the politics of the occupying Roman Empire was chaotic and at times brutal.

Terrorism was rife and ultranationalism was on the rise.

Poverty was everywhere.

But into that context, Jesus taught people not to worry. In fact, he said there was great cause for hope.

Now, Jesus wasn’t stupid.

And he wasn’t making rash promises of an easy life. On the contrary, he taught that in this life we should expect plenty of uncertainty and hardship. But still, he tells us to hope.

Firstly, he reminds us that worry changes nothing. “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” he asks.

Secondly, he shows us that the things that often bring us the most anxiety are not the things that are most important – like

money or how we look to other people. “Isn’t life more than that,” he challenges.

The more important things like family, friendships and showing simple kindness are all free!

Finally, he says that each of us is known by God. Not just in a general sense, but that God cares about every detail of our lives. That means each of us is immensely valuable and our lives matter. And it means we can put our hope in someone who will be with us through every difficulty.

Having hope in our lives won’t make all our challenges go away, but it will make us stronger and help us to thrive even in the midst of them.

So on behalf of all the churches, let me wish you not just a happy new year, but one filled with hope. ● City Church Bristol meets at Bradley Stoke Community School www.citychurch.org.uk

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RHS Gold award for Bradley Stoke in Bloom

By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB)

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arlier this year we were visited by the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS’s) judge Guy Rawlinson and his wife. We were delighted to be able to show them around the town and all our little patches, although not quite as delighted as we were to recently receive the following email: “I have the certificate which was presented at the award ceremony yesterday for your entry in the It’s Your Neighbourhood competition. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed with the result.”

And indeed we weren’t, as we were awarded a Level 5 – Outstanding award. Small clue: There isn’t a level 6!

We were also able to deliver to

local company Bodywise (UK), based in Eagles Wood, off Woodlands Lane, a Gold award certificate for their entry in the Business, Leisure & Tourism class. So the town of Bradley Stoke can now boast that it is a double Gold winner!

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RHS judge Guy Rawlinson (centre) on Manor Farm Roundabout in September

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Slimmers lose tons of weight in north Bristol

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uper slimmers in north Bristol have lost a whopping 14 tons in weight – that’s the equivalent of 14 cars! All together the members of the north Bristol Slimming World groups have lost an incredible 2,243 stones in the last year.

The local members, who attend groups every week, follow Slimming World’s Food Optimising eating plan created by the organisation’s team of expert nutritionists, which encourages them to fill up on satisfying foods such as pasta, rice, potatoes, lean meat and fish, pulses and fruit & veg.

Sandra Garland has lost over 7 stones in 12 months following the Extra Easy plan. She says: “Filling up on lots of satisfying foods means you’re never hungry so I’ve never felt as though I was on a diet. Before I joined Slimming World I thought losing weight meant going to the gym and counting calories. But now I know it’s about making healthier choices about food and becoming a bit more active. I went from a

size 22 to a size 10 and feel like I am a better mum to my children because I can run around after them now.”

“Reaching this milestone as a group just proves the huge change that we’ve all made to our lives. Some people have probably even saved their lives.

It’s brilliant to celebrate together as well, because that’s how we’ve been losing weight – together.

Every week we support and encourage each other and share tips and recipes, and on top of that we have a lot of fun. There is nothing like #thatfeeling of losing weight!”

“The support and inspiration we get from our Consultants has been integral to our success. They understand the ups and downs of slimming and can offer us help and advice based on their own experience. Without them, I don’t think I’d have achieved nearly as much.”

Sharron, the local team developer, says: “We are all delighted that our members are losing weight so beautifully. It

Sandra Garland now (left) and before starting the Slimming World programme

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Your local Slimming World Consultants in north Bristol (l-r): Dawn, Frankie, Amber, Janice, Sharron and Kelly

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Schools

Ofsted confirms Holy Trinity’s ‘good’ rating

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taff, governors and pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity (Church of England & Methodist) Primary School are celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ grading from Ofsted in an inspection which took place on 24th and 25th October. It was the first primary school in South Gloucestershire to have a short ‘Section 8’ inspection under Ofsted’s new framework, which came into force at the beginning of September 2019.

In her report, the Ofsted inspector says Holy Trinity is a “friendly and welcoming school,” where pupils are “kind and supportive of each other,” and have “positive attitudes to learning and want to do well.”

Parents were found to be positive about the school with the inspector noting how they “appreciate the high standards and pastoral support”. In the online ParentView survey, 96 percent of the 45 respondents said they would recommend the school to another parent.

On the quality of teaching, the report states: “Teachers plan exciting lessons that ignite pupils’ curiosity”, adding that “the teaching of reading in all year groups is well planned” and that “pupils learn to read well because the teaching of phonics is effective”.

The inspector observed that pupils use a wide range of resources to help them understand complex concepts in mathematics.

The report also notes that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) “receive tailored support to ensure that they can learn well”.

Janet Dickson who became the new headteacher at the school in September 2017, said: “I am really pleased with the comments that the inspector made about the quality of the education that we offer to our children as it has always been our aim to ensure that our children receive a wide range of experiences in order to enable them to become happy and successful adults. Our broad,

Deputy head Edward Powe and headteacher Janet Dickson pictured with members of the school council on a day of special activities held to celebrate the school’s ‘good’ Ofsted grading.

exciting curriculum and wide range of extra- curricular learning opportunities give children a fantastic opportunity. I also feel very privileged to work with such a talented, committed staff team and board of governors who always go the extra mile to make sure that we do the very best for

all of the children at our school.”

In a letter to parents, chair of governors Leah Head said the Ofsted report was testament to the strong leadership in the school and thanked all the people who help make it such a positive environment for the children.

She added that the two areas

for improvement identified by the inspector – further developing children’s vocabulary and providing more consistent “scaffolding” of learning in mathematics – had already been recognised by the school and appropriate actions put in place through the development plan.

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Sport

Mental Elf Run a resounding success SUNDAY 1st December saw North Bristol Running Group hosting a fun run in aid of the Mental Health Foundation.

The 6km Mental Elf Run started and finished at Bradley Stokes’s Meadowbrook Primary School.

The route took runners through the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve up to Primrose Bridge, where ‘The North Pole’ was the halfway point, and back again. Participants were dressed as Christmas elves and many Santas marshalled the

Above: Fun run participants line up for a photo ahead of the start

course, providing a fantastic fun, atmosphere for all levels of runners and walkers, spreading lots of Christmas cheer.

Each of the 85 finishers was awarded a wonderful medal designed by Alexander, a pupil at Meadowbrook school.

As well as raising funds for the Mental Health Foundation through the fun run ticket sales, there were hot drinks and homemade cakes to buy, resulting in a total of £1,002 being raised for the charity.

Left: Runners dressed as elves stream out of the school en route to the ‘North Pole’

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Sole Sisters can get you running

Olympus Trust consults on admissions policy

Karen Gaman of Sole Sisters ladies-only north Bristol running club writes: The Sole Sisters Beginners’ Course is ideal for any ladies who want to start running, but don’t know how to begin. Three times each year, we offer a training course for women who wish to start running, have never run before or are returning after a long period of rest, illness or injury. Our next course starts on

Monday 6th January 2020.

We follow a realistic six-week training programme, with a gradual build-up of mileage, after which you will be able to join one of our main groups and hopefully enjoy it with a certain amount of self-satisfaction.

Many of our current members started out on this course and

are now running regular 10ks, half marathons and even full marathons, so what we offer is a trusted method.

The course costs £15. For full details and an application form, visit solesistersrc.co.uk/ beginners-course ● The 2020 Bradley Stoke 10k will take place on 7th June.

The Olympus Academy Trust, which incorporates four primary and secondary schools in the Stokes, is consulting on proposed changes to its admissions policy for the September 2021 intake.

Some of the main changes proposed are: • Splitting of the trust’s policy into nine separate polices, one for each school in the trust • Definition of a formal process to verify application addresses • The child’s home address will now be taken as the address where they live most of the time during term time, rather than over the whole year • Where there is no defined Area of Prime Responsibility, the local sibling qualification distance will be extended from 2 to 3 miles The consultation runs until 20th January 2020. The full draft policies can be viewed on the trust’s website, www. olympusacademiestrust.org.uk

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temporary CCTV camera used to combat high levels of anti-social behaviour (ASB) around the Jubilee Centre on Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke has been removed by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) after being in operation for just over six months.

The camera’s installation, which took place on 18th June 2019, was requested by the local police team to support the prevention and detection of ASB and to assist in the identification of anyone taking part in such activities. The move was supported by the police neighbourhood inspector and the council’s ASB and community safety team leader.

On 18th September 2019, the need for the camera’s continued presence was reviewed and a

request was received from the police for the camera to remain to cover the busy Halloween and Firework night period. The police stated that they had historically had issues in the area during these periods and the camera’s presence provided reassurance to the general public. As a result of this, it was agreed that the camera would remain in situ and be further reviewed once this period had passed.

The CCTV camera was subsequently removed on Wednesday 27th November 2019.

An SGC spokesperson told the Journal: “The decision to remove the camera was made between the council’s ASB team and the police, based on the evidence showing a drop in incidents and no further justification for its continued presence.”

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A response to an enquiry asking for a log of incidents for which footage from the Savages Wood Road camera was requested stated: “During the camera’s deployment, the council received a total of 12 requests from either the general public or the police to review CCTV footage. These reports consisted of three noise

disturbances, six mopeds being driven on the cycle path, two assaults and one burglary. All of these incidents were reviewed on CCTV and, where necessary, the footage was extracted and supplied to the police to assist with their enquires.” ● You can report ASB by phoning 101 or via the A&S Police website.

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News Get well · Stay well

by Craig de Groot, chiropractor at Willow Brook Clinic

2020 here we come!

On your marks… the chaos of the festive season is over.

If you are feeling the after effects of all the festivities, I suggest that you wrap up nice and warm and take a walk in the winter sunshine. Exercise releases endorphins into our blood which make us feel more positive. Feeling positive makes us feel more in control and capable.

Get set… very little can be achieved without a plan.

It is fun to be spontaneous and impulsive. Not being tied to a plan lets you seize opportunities that might not otherwise present themselves.

But when it comes to health and wellbeing, planning becomes important. This may mean careful meal preparation to help shift a few festive pounds, it may be planning an exercise routine to get your 2020 goals underway or it may be tidying up after the visitors have left.

You may plan to get your aching back sorted out or that niggle in your shoulder seen to. A plan need not take more than a few minutes to prepare, plan and jot down. You will surprise yourself at how much time you will save if you have one. And you will be more successful if your goals are clearly defined and you have an action plan to achieve them. You also need to remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Changing habits and introducing new

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News Light pollution issue leads council to restrict opening hours of new car park

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rituals takes time and effort.

It’s important to add rest days into your planning. We all need time out.

Go… and see a chiropractor and get your problems sorted out. Chiropractors take a holistic view of an individual’s wellbeing and are able to help you identify why things are going wrong and what steps need to be taken to resolve them. A qualified chiropractor will work with you to achieve your goals, working as quickly as your body will allow, but also taking your lifestyle into consideration.

newly opened £37,000 extension to the car park at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Brook Way Activity Centre site is having to be closed off by 4pm each day because of a dispute over light pollution.

The new parking zone has been constructed on part of the former hard court sports area at the site (pictured right), which had lain unused for many years.

In order to access the 18 new parking bays, vehicles need to negotiate a short incline, because the surface of the extension intentionally sits higher than that of the existing car park.

As previously reported, the split-level design was necessary to comply with a planning constraint which forbade deep excavation of the former hard court area for fear of damaging tree roots.

Following the opening of the extension in November, residents

Hard court area (archive image)

of neighbouring properties in The Common, which runs along the southern boundary of the site, have complained of light pollution caused by the headlamps of vehicles ascending the incline to reach the new parking bays.

In a letter sent to the town council, the chair of Stoke Lodge and The Common Parish Council says the headlamp issue is affecting up to four properties in The Common. Residents say the beams of light are traversing up and down the front of their

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New 18-bay car park extension (closed off with barriers and cones)

Incline between the existing car park (on the left) and the extension area

properties, reaching as high as the roof ridge and passing windows at all levels.

The residents claim the car park “contravenes the planning permission and is breach of environmental law” and insist that it should not be used until remedial measures have been put in place by the town council.

A condition on the planning permission granted for the car park extension required the town council to submit a landscaping plan which “should expressly

argued that no action was necessary as the town council had complied with all conditions of the planning permission.

However, following much discussion it was resolved to close off the car park after 4pm each day and arrange a meeting with the residents on site.

The Journal understands that following the site meeting, the town council has agreed to implement further planting along the boundary with The Common. The car park extension

demonstrate how it mitigates against the impact of headlights from cars using the parking area” and the subsequently submitted plan was approved by South Gloucestershire Council.

However, the residents claim that the approved scheme provides no cover in winter and some additional screening formed of wind-break fabric is ineffective against light pollution.

When the matter was brought before November’s meeting of Full Council, some councillors

will continue to be closed at 4pm, using portable barriers for the time being until a permanent solution using a metal barrier or drop-down bollards can be implemented.

In practice, the extension is often being closed off much earlier than 4pm – on occasions when the activity centre has no further bookings for the day, meaning that the new facility is of little benefit to patients attending the busy doctors’ surgery which shares the site.

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Marie Curie fundraisers looking for new volunteers in 2020

Council fireworks display to be ‘low noise’ in 2020

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arie Curie, the UK’s leading charity for people living with a terminal illness and their families, is appealing for volunteers to join its fundraising group in the Five Stokes area, comprising of Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke, Harry Stoke and Stoke Lodge.

The group raises funds and awareness in the local area to help support Marie Curie Nurses, who work day and night in people’s homes across South Gloucestershire, providing hands-on care and vital emotional support.

Throughout the year, the group will support Marie Curie’s major fundraising campaigns, including the Great Daffodil Appeal and Blooming Great Tea Party. They will also help spread the word about Marie Curie by informing people how the charity’s services, including its free Information and Support line, can help people

Volunteers display the amount they have raised since the local group was formed

living with a terminal illness and their loved ones.

Helen Isbell, Marie Curie community fundraiser for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, said: “Our Five Stokes Fundraising Group meets regularly to plan events and organise fundraising collections.

Volunteering is a lot of fun, a

great way to meet new people and it’s very rewarding to support such a good cause.”

Anyone interested in joining the Five Stokes Fundraising Group is asked to contact Helen on 0117 924 7275 or email Helen.

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Bradley Stoke Town Council has agreed to trial silent or reduced noise fireworks at its 2020 display, following a suggestion from a local resident concerned at the detrimental impact of loud bangs on wildlife and pets.

Councillors have asked officers to obtain a quote for an initial one year trial of a display with minimal/reduced sound, with the intention of assessing feedback before deciding on a longer term commitment.

The 2019 event, held on Sunday 3rd November, was deemed a great success with a noticeably higher attendance than the previous year.

A total of £3,959 was raised for the mayor’s charities, consisting of £3,499 from the public bucket collection and £460 in donations from traders.

Bradley Stoke Rotary Club, which ran the BBQ, raised £980 for its own charitable causes.

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News Deciding on a New Year’s resolution?

Why not join our choir – Stokes Singers?

STOKES SINGERS are recruiting new members in January 2020, so why not come along and give us a try?

Rehearsals are lots of fun and members get a real uplifting feel from singing with the group.

We are a 3/4 part harmony group singing a wide range of music from swing, gospel, pop, show and folk songs, with the occasional large choral piece.

You don’t need to be able to read music and the first two rehearsals are free of charge whilst you get to know your fellow singers.

Just in case you are not aware of your voice pitch, an assessment will ensure you are happily placed in the correct section of the choir. Please come along and try us out as your New Year’s resolution. It’s lots of fun with our two musical directors Sian and Phil putting us through

our paces. Weekly rehearsals are held at Coniston Community Centre, Coniston Road, Patchway BS34 5LP, where there is plenty of parking available.

Perhaps you would kindly call or text Gillian on 07790 909726 prior to coming along so that you can be welcomed at the door?

Rehearsals are 7.15pm for 7.30pm start and finish at 9:30pm.

To give you a idea of our performances, in December we staged ‘A Not so Silent Christmas’ Christmas concert in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust and also entertained at the Frenchay Brain Rehabilitation Centre Cancer Trust to assist in raising funds.

We hope that we can welcome you to perform at our concert in the summer. Please give us a try and we look forward to meeting you.

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Sarah Nutchey has been running her Kumon centre since 1998, helping hundreds of children reach their academic potential.

From humble beginnings at the leisure centre to now running her study centre in permanent commercial premises at the Willow Brook Centre, the centre has grown and developed, and Sarah has grown and developed her expertise as an instructor.

At a recent regional meeting, Sarah was awarded a certificate for nurturing programme completers by the president of Kumon Europe and Africa.

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To earn the prestigious Elite status, Sarah has developed students who are able to study ahead of their school level, working independently with excellent study skills, and also nurtured students who are able

Sarah Nutchey receives her award

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Sarah says: “I feel privileged to have received this award, it is really for my students (with their parents’ support) who study hard every day, and also for the great team who support me in the study centre.”

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