Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Spaces, tagged Bristol City Council, Filwood, Green Spaces, Knowle, Town Green Application on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Residents in Knowle have accused Bristol City Council of “not playing fair” over their town green bid.
It’s been two years since people living near Filwood Park submitted an application for the land to be registered as a town green, to protect it from potential housing development.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Spaces, tagged Bracey Drive, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Evening Post, Green Spaces on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Ian Onions, Political Editor / i.onions@bepp.co.uk
ANOTHER group of residents are hoping to protect an open green space near their homes by applying for the land to be registered as a town green.
The residents on the Thrissels’ estate in Downend are furious that the site next to Frenchay Road has been earmarked for new housing in the city council’s controversial green spaces strategy.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Spaces, tagged Begbrook Drive, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Spaces, Ridgeway playing fields on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Ian Onions, Political Editor / i.onions@bepp.co.uk
TWO green spaces in Bristol which were in danger of being lost under controversial plans by the city council have been earmarked to help expand nearby schools.
In one case, land near Begbrook Primary School in Stapleton was proposed as a possible official travellers’ camp which sparked an outcry among nearby residents.
The other saved area is Ridgeway Road playing field which backs onto dozens of homes in Abingdon Road and Honiton Road.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Conservatives, Evening Post, Gary Hopkins, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mark Weston, Ron Stone, Sam Rkaina, Tess Green on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
THE political row over Bristol City Council’s plan to sell off green spaces is threatening to erupt again after Labour proposed an alternate way of paying for the scheme.
The council’s £87-million parks and green spaces strategy was supposed to fund improvements to scores of parks across the city by selling off up to 64 other open spaces.
But it prompted a huge public backlash last year as the authority was accused of “selling off the family silver”.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Cuts, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Police, Public Transport, Transport, tagged Ashton Vale, Barbara Janke, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Temple Meads, Conservatives, ESOL, Government, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Meals on Wheels, Mike Bennett, PCSOs, Place Making Director, Police Community Support Officers, Rapid Transit, Sainsburys, Stadium row, Trams on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Bristol’s Liberal Democrats have agreed to a series of concessions to opposition parties in order to keep control of the city council.
Here we look at what they have agreed, and what they haven’t.
Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Transport, tagged Ashton Vale, Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, PCSOs, Police Community Support Officers, Politics, Stadium row on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
THE Liberal Democrats have retained control of Bristol City Council after making a series of concessions to opposition parties.
A vote yesterday confirmed that the current ruling group will continue as a minority administration, despite losing overall control of the authority at the May 5 elections.
Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Politics on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bristol City Council leader Barbara Janke says a decision will be made within a month on whether or not to grant town green status for the site of Bristol City‘s proposed new 30,000-seater stadium at Ashton Vale.
In a prepared statement to be read at this afternoon’s full council meeting, she also says that the Liberal Democrats will halt the controversial green spaces sell-off plan while a review is carried out.
Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Lord Mayor, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Colin Smith, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Peter Abraham, Peter Hammond, Plot 6, Politics, Temple Meads, Trams on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
THE future control of Bristol City Council is to be decided today, after nearly two weeks of political negotiations.
Barbara Janke is expected to continue as leader of the authority with the Liberal Democrats running a minority administration.
A rethink on trams, a review of the green-spaces sell off plan and a decisive debate on whether Ashton Vale should be a town green are believed to be among the main concessions that will allow them to remain in power.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, Mark Bradshaw, Mark Weston, Tess Green on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
LETTERS sent to the thousands of petitioners who opposed Bristol City Council‘s green spaces sell-off plan have been branded a “waste of time”.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Bristol Parks Forum, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, tagged Area Green Space Plan, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Parks Forum, Green Spaces, Hugh Holden, Liberal Democrats on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
BRISTOL Parks Forum is calling on opposition parties to explain how they will fund improvements to the city’s green spaces if the council’s sell-off plan is scrapped.
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