Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has submitted its first ‘reserved matters’ (detailed) planning application for the East of Harry Stoke (EoHS) New Neighbourhood, where 2,000 homes are expected to be built over the next six years. This first phase of the development will be marketed under the name ‘Lower Hambrook’.
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The start of a new term at 1st Little Stoke Scout Group saw all the sections continuing with an online programme using the Zoom videconferencing platform. These sessions have been a brilliant way for all the members involved in Scouting to get together, share their experiences and love of Scouting.
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Plans to revamp Stoke Gifford’s medieval church to make it ‘fit for the future’ are being shared with villagers at a series of community events. The proposed changes to the interior of St Michael’s Church have been designed to increase visibility and accessibility, improve safety and add extra seating.
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As of early October, the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of 1st Stoke Gifford Scout Group have finally been able to meet up face to face again. Since lockdown, many of the sections have been working hard to keep the young members involved in Scouting, but there’s nothing like meeting up in person.
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The installation of a £26m replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke didn’t quite go to plan over the final week in October, when the 4,260-tonne mega-structure became stuck in soft ground as it was being wheeled into position.
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Following a report in our September magazine that thousands of pounds of malicious damage had been caused to sport and leisure equipment in Meade Park, the Journal can reveal that six young people suspected of being involved have effectively been banned from the park.
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The project to replace the narrow-arched Victorian railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane (Little Stoke) with a much wider concrete structure enters a critical phase tonight (Saturday 24th October) with the start of a 13-day railway closure during which the old bridge will be demolished and its pre-fabricated replacement installed.
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Local children are celebrating the arrival of exciting new play equipment within the play area in Meade Park, Stoke Gifford. The total cost of the project was £26,140, funded by South Gloucestershire Council through the Community Infrastructure Levy.
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Responding to concerns over the planned felling of 20 mature trees alongside Gipsy Patch Lane to create space for a new bus lane, South Gloucestershire Council has recently dug a number of exploratory trenches in the roadside verge.
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The Stokes area proudly hosts one of the UK’s seven temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and local residents are now being offered the chance to learn more about how it was conceived and constructed via a unique live online event.
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