Plans to build new school buildings on the former Brunel Field site in Bishopston got the go-ahead from planners last night. The buildings will provide much needed primary school places for the area. Parents at Ashley Down Junior School are currently being consulted about this school running the new facility, which would become Ashley Down ...
Education
Bristol City Council’s Urban Design & Conservation Team will be producing a Character Appraisal for the Clifton Conservation Area. A Character Appraisal is a document that outlines the significance and special interest of a Conservation Area; it details the features that make that specific area unique. It is one of the documents that guides and ...
Bristol Police Community Support Officers have now been trained to join forces with Bristol City Council staff to target anti-social behaviour, which is damaging the local environment. As part of their duties the PCSOs will now be issuing fixed penalty fines for behaviour such as littering, dog fouling and fly posting. “Local people tell us ...
Bristol City Council has published its planning strategy and policies for the future development of the city. The Core Strategy is part of the Bristol Development Framework, the council’s development plan. It has been prepared over the past three years with involvement from Bristol residents, businesses and stakeholders. It sets out the council’s strategic policies ...
CommunityA major new Bristol project on saving energy by using information and communication technology has been short-list for the European ICT for Energy Efficiency Project Award only a month after its launch. On 1st November, Connecting Bristol, Bristol City Council’s Digital Partnership, launched www.greenaddict.eu – a major web site on the green use of ICT. ...
Tech
As part of its commitment to tackling climate change, Bristol City Council has today announced that it is signing the 10:10 pledge. This will see the authority aiming for an ambitious goal of a 10% reduction in its own carbon emissions in 2010. The Green Capital Action Plan has already committed the city council to cut ...
MP for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy has written to Jan Ormondroyd, Chief Executive of Bristol City Council, asking how the Council plans to develop apprenticeship opportunities for Bristol’s young people. Her letter is in response to concerns expressed by Ministers that the public sector accounts for 20% of the UK workforce, but only 10% of ...
The MP for Bristol, Kerry McCarthy MP, has lent their support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign, urging...
Bristol schools, youth groups & businesses share ideas to realise youth talent A major development is underway in Bristol...
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