Bradley Stoke Town Council Archives - Bradley Stoke Journal

Photo of Cllr Tony Griffiths wearing the mayoral chain of office.

Sunday 2nd August 2020 SH (Editor)

Meet the new mayor: Cllr Tony Griffiths

The newly appointed mayor for Bradley Stoke is Cllr Anthony (Tony) Griffiths. Tony has lived in Bradley Stoke for 13 years. He has served on the town council since May 2011 and currently represents the Bradley Stoke North ward.

Wednesday 4th March 2020 SH (Editor)

By-election set to see around 6,700 voters called to the polls in Bradley Stoke South

A by-election to fill a vacant seat representing the South ward on Bradley Stoke Town Council looks almost certain to take place in the last week of March. The vacancy arose after Nikki Hallur, a Conservative councillor elected just eight months ago in the May 2019 poll, handed in her resignation in mid-January, citing “personal reasons”. A notice of election

Photo of the new car park extension at Brook Way Activity Centre (looking north).

Tuesday 4th February 2020 SH (Editor)

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

A 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 below), which had lain

Monday 3rd February 2020 SH (Editor)

Councillor’s resignation could trigger costly by-election

The resignation of a Conservative councillor on Bradley Stoke Town Council just eight months into a four-year term of office could lead to a costly by-election. Nikki Hallur, who won one of the seven seats representing the Bradley Stoke South ward in the May 2019 election, handed in her notice of resignation in the second week of January, citing “personal

Image showing outline location of new parking bays on the hard court area (indicative only).

Sunday 6th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Work set to start soon on Brook Way car park

Work to create 20 new parking spaces at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Brook Way Activity Centre site could finally get under way in October, more than six years after redevelopment proposals were first put forward. The future of the dilapidated hard court area at the centre has been the subject of much controversy, not least when, in September 2013, the

Photo of the three new Conservative members (l-r): Michael Hill, Nikki Hallur and Ed Rose.

Tuesday 25th June 2019 SH (Editor)

Petty party politics return to town council at AGM

Following the recent local elections, Bradley Stoke Town Council welcomed four new members at the new administration’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 15th May. But the presence of one new Labour member and two independents seemed to have rattled the majority Conservative group, which had enjoyed the luxury of holding all 15 seats on the council during the previous

Photo of Cllr Tom Aditya (left) being congratulated by the previous office holder, Cllr Ben Randles.

Sunday 16th June 2019 SH (Editor)

Meet the new mayor: Councillor Tom Aditya

Councillor Tom Aditya has been elected as the new mayor of Bradley Stoke. He was formally handed the chain of office on Wednesday 15th May at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s annual general meeting, held at the Jubilee Centre. Tom, who represents the Bradley Stoke South ward, has been a councillor since 2011. He has served on various committees of the

Thursday 13th June 2019 SH (Editor)

New play equipment installed at Jubilee park

Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) says it has received “great reviews” from users of a new £16,000 suite of play equipment recently installed at the Beacon Play Area on the town’s Jubilee Green. The new equipment, designed to offer physical challenges to young people from the ages of 3 up to teen ages, replaces items installed ten years ago that

Photo of the new town council noticeboard.

Tuesday 9th April 2019 SH (Editor)

Council noticeboard is ten years late

A town council noticeboard has finally been installed in Bradley Stoke’s ‘new town centre’, more than ten years after the facility first opened its doors to the public in October 2008. The hub of the town, and the location with by far the highest footfall, would seem the obvious place to display public notices and other communications, but for some

Visualisation of proposed new play equipment.

Sunday 7th April 2019 SH (Editor)

New play equipment coming to Jubilee park

A new suite of wooden play equipment costing £16,000 is soon to be installed at the Beacon Play Area on Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green. The new ‘play challenge’ is being brought in to replace items of equipment that were removed earlier this year after being condemned as unsafe during an annual inspection carried out by a specialist company. As reported