South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 4.99 percent from April 2023. The latest rise follows an uplift of 2.99 percent in 2022/23 and 4.99 percent in 2021/22. This year’s increase once again includes a ring-fenced adult social care levy, this time 2 percent. Bradley Stoke households in a Band D property face an annual increase of £104.79.
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Work has started on one of the last remaining plots of building land in Bradley Stoke where 21 affordable homes are to be built by housing association LiveWest. The scheme comprises a terrace of nine family homes, a block of eleven ‘supported living’ apartments and a separate wheelchair-accessible bungalow. Completion is scheduled for April 2024,
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The 2023 Bradley Stoke Community Festival looks set to be dramatically scaled down in scope after bumbling councillors failed to secure the services of a professional event organiser. This year’s event is due to take place from Friday 9th June to Sunday 11th June, but its scale and composition are now likely to differ significantly from the traditional format…
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Further details of plans to create a 2-way segregated cycle track along the full length of Bradley Stoke Way have been published by South Glos Council. The 3m-wide track is part of a suite of proposals to improve walking, cycling, wheeling, and bus travel between Thornbury and south Bradley Stoke. Subject to funding, construction could start in 2024 and take around two years to complete.
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Ofsted has confirmed Wheatfield Primary’s standing as a ‘good’ school following a visit by inspectors in November 2022. In his report, the lead inspector concludes that Wheatfield “continues to be a good school” where children are “curious and keen to learn” and “participate fully in school life”. Pupils at the school “feel valued and safe”, he adds.
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It’s been a fantastic start to the competitive year for us here at Bristol North Swimming Club, writes club chair Steph McNally. One of the highlights so far has been a training camp for 26 swimmers aged 10-16 in Crete. The club is now planning to expand its coaching team and is looking recruit a new Level 2 Swim Coach.
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Parents and carers of children attending schools in Bradley Stoke have been given “advance notice” that many of the educational establishments are likely to only be able to provide a “very limited service” on the days of several planned teachers’ strikes in February and March.
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Bus passengers in areas bordering Bradley Stoke should be aware of a number of alterations to bus services that come into effect on Sunday (22nd January). A shortening of the service 19 route means there will be fewer options for passengers using stops on Little Stoke Lane and Stoke Lane who wish to travel to and from Cribbs Causeway.
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Councillors have expressed “significant concerns” regarding a requested 16 percent annual increase in the town council’s contribution towards the funding of an additional part-time police officer dedicated to Bradley Stoke. They are also unhappy at the “lack of visible police presence” in the town and the “withdrawal of police support for community events”.
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The no. 73 bus service will no longer run between Cribbs Causeway and Bradley Stoke from Sunday 22nd January, with buses instead starting and ending their journeys at the Eagles Wood stop in north Bradley Stoke. The change has been justified on the grounds that the existing M1 MetroBus and the new M4 MetroBus (will) provide good connections between Cribbs Causeway and the Stokes.
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