An official inquiry into the row between Northavon Bowls Club and Bradley Stoke Town Council could be held, BBC Radio Bristol is reporting.
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 [...]

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Northavon Bowls Club is adamant that it will not sign the proposed rental agreement from Bradley Stoke Town Council for the Bailey’s Court green.
The club and the council are locked in a dispute over an 8%-per-year rise in the money the club pays to use the facilities there.
The town council voted at an acrimonious meeting last week [...]

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Northavon Bowls Club has been given ten days by Bradley Stoke Town Council to sign an agreement which will see an 8% rental rise.
At a specially-convened meeting the club was told if they did not sign the deal that they would not be allowed to use the green at Bailey’s Court Activity Centre.
But the bowls [...]

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We were live at the specially-convened Bradley Stoke Town Council meeting which was called to discuss the Northavon Bowls Club rent row and the new town centre name.
Below you can read our live coverage of the meeting which took place on Thursday, 8 May.
Click the ‘more’ button to read the full account.

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A representative from Tesco will attend Thursday’s specially-convened Bradley Stoke Town Council meeting to discuss the name for the new town centre.
Dan Bramwell, Public Affairs Consultant for the firm, will face questions about The Brooks Centre name which councillors have opposed.
Tesco has previously said they would run a competition (also here) to name the new [...]

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A special Bradley Stoke Town Council meeting has been called on Thursday to discuss the rental dispute with Northavon Bowls Club.
The meeting, to be held at the Jubilee Centre, will see the full council attend to talk about the current deadlock which has seen the bowls club locked out of the green at Bailey’s Court.
The [...]

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The row between Bradley Stoke Town Council and Northavon Bowls Club continues with the letters page of the Evening Post the latest battleground.
Last week, Councillor Caroline Charlton wrote to the publication to say “the efforts by the town council to negotiate with Northavon Bowls Club about setting a rent fair to both themselves and town [...]

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