Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Filton and Bradley Stoke, John Kiely, is to ask the district council’s auditor to investigate the dispute.
Bowlers have been locked out of the green at Bailey’s Court after rejecting a proposed 8% rise in rental costs.
The club says the rise could see them close down but the town council has refused to back down claiming the rise is in line with other users at the activity centre.
A press release from Mr Keily says: “At a special Council meeting called last Thursday (8th May 2008) to discuss the impasse, the Conservative leadership produced a four option plan based on the findings of a working group.
“Neither opposition Councillors nor the public were given copies of the working party report nor were their options made available prior to the meeting, both which are illegal under access to information legalisation.”
Written by Chris (editor) on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
We were live at the Bradley Stoke Annual Town Meeting at the Jubilee Centre on Wednesday with all the latest council news.
Scroll down to read news from the meeting including updates on finance, planning and policing.
8.00pm: The meeting wraps up - next is the town council AGM which takes place a week today.
7.53pm: Next - PCSO Pat Gardner says the next Safer South Gloucs meeting will be June 10 at Meadowbrook Primary School (it starts at 6.30pm, you can find out more here). At these meetings residents can flag what they believe are priorities. She says that work is on-going for stopping graffiti. Another initiative is to set up community speed watchess. One piece of good news is “they think they know who did all the graffiti on Bailey’s Court wall“.
7.51pm: Mayor Barge says the last time council did an audit there were 100-150 groups in the town but the elderly are at a disadvantage because of the young demographic of the town.
7.50pm: Winsombe from Southern Brooks Partnership adds that they run a coffee morning and are currently trying to start a line dancing club.
7.48pm: Next question - Resident wants to know if there are dedicated facilities for pensioners. Cllr Forsyth says council has recently given a grant for an over-50s group who organise activities such as keep fit groups.
Written by Chris (editor) on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 8:24 am
A “to do” over places at Bradley Stoke Community School more than two years ago is being blamed for a four-year-old girl being allocated a school place 50 minutes walk from her home.
The Evening Post has been reporting on the case of Gavin and Karen Peters, who live in Juniper Way, who have been refused entry to their first three school preferences.
This is despite one of those choices being less than half a mile away - at their end of their street.
The Peters wanted their daughter, Millie, to go to either Bailey’s Court, St Mary’s (on Juniper Way) or Wheatfield Schools but were turned down for all three because they were oversubscribed.
She has now been allocated a place at Bowsland Green which Mrs Peters says would take 50 minutes to walk and is along an unlit path.
In an email, seen by The Bradley Stoke Examiner, which was sent by an employee of South Gloucestershire Council, they claimed the “lake route was included after all the to do with Bradley Stoke [Community] School potential parents”.
At the time, the official council gazetteer showed that her nearest school would be Patchway if walked using official routes.
After a campaign those routes were changed to include the nature reserve. Two years later the consequence of this change is that Millie has been given a place at Bowsland Green.
Since the fight between the district council and parents battling for places at the community school, new tarmac has been put down on the paths and street lighting installed - which is not the case for the route to Bowsland Green School.
A spokeswoman for South Gloucestershire Council, speaking to Evening Post, defended the latest decision: “The routes to school used in determining allocations are agreed and adopted as part of the Routes to School Gazetteer.
“Where parents are unsuccessful in gaining a place at one of their preferred schools, they are referred to their nearest available school with a place available.
“This is normally within the statutory walking distance of two miles for children under the age of eight.”
Written by Chris (editor) on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Bradley Stoke and the rest of South Gloucestershire will get weekly waste food collection after the district council approved new rubbish and recycling policy.
According to the council, they are currently ranked fifth best for recycling for unitary authorities in the country at 39.5%.
With the new food collections the council expects this to rise another 9.5% with a target of 50% of waste recycled by 2010/11.
Elsewhere in the policy, the Stoke Gifford Sort It centre is to be upgraded and an extra £50,000 will be invested for more plastic bottle recycling sites.
A £15 charge is also to be introduced for the collection of bulky items which is currently a free service.
Written by Chris (editor) on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Bradley Stoke Judo Club is celebrating an amazing haul of eight medals at an event in France during the past two days.
The international event, at Grisolles near Toulouse, saw the squad pick up two golds, three silvers and three bronze medals.
The winners in full are - Gold: Alan Gibson & Marc Arsac; Silver: Elliot Gallagher, Bethan Andrews & Kelly Wilson; Bronze: Adam Bourne, Louis Arsac & Marc Arsac.
Many congratulations to the team for a fantastic performance which has seen them invited back to the event next year.
Written by Chris (editor) on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
May’s newsletter from the Bradley Stoke Police beat team is out - and you can read it online with The Bradley Stoke Examiner.
News this month includes: advice about how to secure your home in the warm weather, how to pick businesses to do home improvement work and how to stay safe at the Bradley Stoke Festival.
