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South Glos council tax to rise by 4.99% for 2024/25

South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 4.99 percent from April 2024. The latest rise follows an identical uplift of 4.99 percent in 2023/24 and 2.99 percent in 2022/23. This year’s increase once again includes a ring-fenced adult social care levy of 2 percent. Bradley Stoke households in a Band D property face an annual increase of £108.48.

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International Women’s Day event in Bradley Stoke this Friday (8th March 2024)

International Women’s Day will be celebrated at an event in Bradley Stoke this Friday (8th March) when an innovative community textile project will be launched. The project will see representatives of Bradley Stoke Town Council and Southern Brooks working with local schools and community groups to produce pieces of embroidery which can be sewn onto a red dress.

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Revised plans submitted for Bradley Stoke Way apartments scheme

Woodstock Homes has submitted revised plans for its application to build a two-block apartment scheme on land at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way. Following discussions with South Glos Council, the applicant has now revised its plans to reduce the number of apartments from 57 to 50, in order to “create space on the ground for additional parking and an offset from Bradley Stoke Way”.

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Council designates Woodlands Golf Course “preferred site” for 1,750 homes

The likelihood that thousands of new homes will be built on Woodlands Golf Course near Bradley Stoke has increased after the location was identified as a ‘preferred site’ in the latest draft of South Gloucestershire Council’s emerging Local Plan. Local Conservative councillors have opposed building on the golf course site, saying it will be “enormously damaging for Bradley Stoke” and lead to “traffic chaos”.

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