The Sort It waste disposal and recycling centre in Station Road, Little Stoke, is to see its gates remain closed for two weeks from Monday (15th April) to allow essential repairs to be carried out. South Gloucestershire Council says the temporary closure is needed in order to “replace the floor of the site.” The site is due to reopen on Saturday 27th April.
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Concord Medical Centre submits plans to expand by increasing building heights
A local GP practice has submitted plans to increase its internal floorspace by more than a third, by adding extra floors to its existing building. Concord Medical Centre, in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, wants to add one extra floor to two wings of the building, increasing the gross internal floorspace by 38.6 percent. The number of off-road car parking spaces provided would remain unchanged.
Continue readingWitnesses sought after e-bike robbery in local park
Police are seeking witnesses to a robbery that took place in Little Stoke Park last month. Sometime between 6.30pm and 7pm on Friday 12th January, two unknown offenders threatened the juvenile victim with bladed weapons and stole his electric Sur-Ron bike. The victim sustained no physical injury.
Continue readingArrests made after teenager stabbed and robbed in Little Stoke Park
Three arrests have been made after a teenager was reportedly stabbed and robbed in Little Stoke Park last night (Wednesday 7th February). Police attended the incident alongside paramedics after witnesses reported a boy had been attacked by a group of three people, one of whom had a knife, and had his bike and mobile phone stolen.
Continue readingHarry Stoke housing development set for approval despite concerns over construction access
Officers at South Glos Council have recommended approval of a planning application for the final two phases of a 1,200-dwelling housing development in Harry Stoke. However, a decision on the application will now be made by a committee of councillors after Stoke Gifford ward member Neel Das Gupta successfully invoked the ‘call in’ procedure.
Continue readingOlympus consults on changes to admission arrangements from September 2025
Olympus Academy Trust is consulting on proposed changes to admission arrangements for some of its schools with effect from September 2025. If approved, the changes would see the Year 7 intake of Abbeywood Community School permanently increased from 180 to 240. The Year 10 point of entry at the same school would also be removed.
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