The Labour Party has become the largest political group on Stoke Gifford Parish Council following last week’s full elections, after they won seven of the available 12 seats, with the Conservatives picking up the remaining five seats. The new administration will hold its first official meetings at Little Stoke Community Hall on Wednesday 10th May.
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A Labour Party candidate has won one of the three Stoke Gifford seats on South Gloucestershire Council, meaning that the Conservatives no longer hold all the ward’s seats for the first time in many years. The ward was guaranteed at least two new members after Tory incumbents Brian Allinson and Ernie Brown chose not to defend their seats. Topping the poll this time was Labour’s David Addision with 1530 votes…
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Candidates have been announced for the South Gloucestershire district elections and Stoke Gifford parish elections, both of which take place on Thursday 4th May. Three seats are up for grabs in the Stoke Gifford ward of South Gloucestershire Council along with all 12 seats on Stoke Gifford Parish Council, although six of the latter are already determined through being uncontested.
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An initial round of public consultation has shown strong support for a proposal to create a new parish council for Cheswick Village and Stoke Park. A report shows that 86 percent of 110 respondents agreed that splitting the areas from Stoke Gifford and creating a new parish council would “give the community a stronger voice”.
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A row over the number of permanent advertising boards being put up on the railings around a football pitch in Little Stoke Park has been resolved following lengthy discussions at two recent parish council meetings. A limit of 12 boards along a specified section of the pitch perimeter has been imposed by the council.
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The Sort It recycling centre in Little Stoke will reopen with social distancing measures in place from Monday 6th July, having been temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency. The facility will initially reopen with temporarily extended hours of 6am to 4.30pm every day until Monday 13th July.
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After nearly 22 years working in local government within South Gloucestershire, with the last nine years as parish clerk and responsible financial officer for Stoke Gifford Parish Council, Steve Shield recently left his post to take up a new position as town clerk of Sherborne in Dorset. During his time in post, Steve was instrumental in moving the parish council
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Householders in Little Stoke have hit out after their green bins were left uncollected despite paying South Gloucestershire Council’s controversial new charge for the collection of garden waste, dubbed a “bin tax” by Conservative councillors who opposed its introduction. Residents living in Silver Birch Close (off Braydon Avenue) are the latest to complain about the “chaos” of the council’s green
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Stoke Gifford Parish Council has announced that it is considering passing a resolution to become a town council and would like to hear the views of the local community on the proposal. It has organised a public open evening, on Tuesday 4th March 2014 at St Michael’s Church Rooms between 7pm and 9pm, which will provide an opportunity for local residents to
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A number of Stoke Gifford youth, community and transport projects stand to benefit from decisions due to be made at a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Southern Brooks Area Forum tonight (Tuesday 26th). Stoke Gifford Parish Council (SGPC) has applied for a grant of £21k to fund “universal youth provision” at Little Stoke Youth Centre, which is due to
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