tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364583002024-03-13T10:06:10.635+00:00Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington<b>Events and issues in Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</b>Paul Hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086558762212796986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-21215314665448874022023-04-17T18:39:00.009+01:002023-04-21T20:22:14.616+01:00North Yate Election Guide<p> To help you find out more about your Lib Dem Focus Team candidates for North Yate we have published this guide.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjjI01DZTE1XwbUQmMw1IPDnJDukdciF-gHJhSb0JQkdOgMq9YNDox1_lVfIrvK4cGVZQXTawfRIs5WfPhGVLPFFSi5imGPhW3ARYe7Ft2o3i5tcBxZX_7SbxDikKdy6xLC_Mvum2pF-NrOcd1olHo2dc281mWc6vSAv9Yetl0Dv1Xiv5AVQ" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-20236869445236237412023-04-17T18:37:00.009+01:002023-04-21T20:25:36.085+01:00Central Yate Election Guide<p> To help you find out more about your Lib Dem Focus Team candidates for Central Yate we have published this guide.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzC2seuDvPEWe2bDr-3b24-vz3WADnaDaIekEiadyRujSl_JXch-E4602vMiSJDUhHUTNfaKg7cVR3INaT1tQ7ot77UhjAEvbjNoBT8bs4PyqF1HGLMM-hyST4QZGN_aY32fY8lMa8ss0x2lnxt1TGqGlndLAsEj0czR90AnCPnm6kIQbUA/s7441/Central%20final%20_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="7441" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzC2seuDvPEWe2bDr-3b24-vz3WADnaDaIekEiadyRujSl_JXch-E4602vMiSJDUhHUTNfaKg7cVR3INaT1tQ7ot77UhjAEvbjNoBT8bs4PyqF1HGLMM-hyST4QZGN_aY32fY8lMa8ss0x2lnxt1TGqGlndLAsEj0czR90AnCPnm6kIQbUA/w400-h189/Central%20final%20_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuByPKSTqy21pK5TuEPdTk5NnlD1lvRg0jLdZHzcA_z9ybD4nWPmsRY9F7kR9Ow7HIMy0gZDBn5BMQ5MIqQf5owzoKSOjaHbRqFz9za79iFg8MczfmdPXPQt46FifyF6TwP157/s940/162230477_717642998906052_8589290977165273506_n.png" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuByPKSTqy21pK5TuEPdTk5NnlD1lvRg0jLdZHzcA_z9ybD4nWPmsRY9F7kR9Ow7HIMy0gZDBn5BMQ5MIqQf5owzoKSOjaHbRqFz9za79iFg8MczfmdPXPQt46FifyF6TwP157/w383-h321/162230477_717642998906052_8589290977165273506_n.png" width="383" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to work pioneered by Lib Dem Yate Town Councillors, the town has been awarded UK Age Friendly Status.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This recognises all the work going on, led by Cllr John Gawn and his committee to make Yate a better place for older people. Thank you to everyone who has helped with our work on making Yate age friendlier so far. There is a mass of work to be done, and as we saw with the park gates, changes help everyone, whatever your age</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to be a community champion- an older person letting us know what needs to be done, feeding in ideas, getting the news first about new opportunities - do please contact us. You can ring on 01454 866506 or email info@yatetowncouncil.gov.uk</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-75538293480191741342021-03-15T10:38:00.008+00:002021-03-15T10:38:56.503+00:00Focus Team Councillors fund new police electric bikes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60hxR763HNS8K4HLRpsc521EXHyhcfe5awEVKLTMYkmuPKhWwKoZfYIhrSzItbpI2vBsqmK7EoNp38SSELGCEpdgiMNRU6iZAzW7D5CrLsxpznFa-DpR-eSDAFnpXHg2Ea2im/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="650" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60hxR763HNS8K4HLRpsc521EXHyhcfe5awEVKLTMYkmuPKhWwKoZfYIhrSzItbpI2vBsqmK7EoNp38SSELGCEpdgiMNRU6iZAzW7D5CrLsxpznFa-DpR-eSDAFnpXHg2Ea2im/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEv7x-WI6L-ITJxWtr3JTqwkVUhJU4q0T7j4EjNiGs-5ZL81REy6JTkyzJIwwFTYUIgRlufVIH2vkeMMD9ObRBORXu5cIKFe9H5sAbpka8YZluYS-vDe9WZqzN5WRA0sWZrEJw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2048" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEv7x-WI6L-ITJxWtr3JTqwkVUhJU4q0T7j4EjNiGs-5ZL81REy6JTkyzJIwwFTYUIgRlufVIH2vkeMMD9ObRBORXu5cIKFe9H5sAbpka8YZluYS-vDe9WZqzN5WRA0sWZrEJw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Have you seen the local police out and about on the new electric bikes, funded by Yate councillors Ruth Davis John Gawn and Ben Nutland, from MAF money.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">These are already in use, helping the police get about faster, and get to places police cars can't. The police say they are great.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Thanks Ruth, John and Ben.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(picture, Ruth, John and Ben outside the South Glos Offices with the bikes and the police who are using them.)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-30283241702750827032021-01-24T12:14:00.002+00:002021-01-24T12:14:54.828+00:00Let's save the HSBC bank in Yate. 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<div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/sgloslibdems/posts/4848537211883907" data-width="500" data-show-text="true"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/sgloslibdems/posts/4848537211883907" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><p>South Gloucestershire Council is lagging behind its neighbours on delivery of electric vehicle charging points. That’s...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sgloslibdems/">South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sgloslibdems/posts/4848537211883907">Monday, 18 January 2021</a></blockquote></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Paul Hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086558762212796986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-51219273103541415822020-12-22T13:23:00.002+00:002020-12-22T13:23:20.939+00:00South Glos Liberal Democrats welcome declaration of Ecological Emergency<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSKtUCov5TRgkCP9GQ7MD42QW2JQ3VjzffaN8IJQd_Onqlu5ZRugrR6STx9GMBpOfyCCiMltC2928kVWMuwsex6WuECfssPq3MBIg_xHJWLByOG5RN0a1dF6esNAhBXXxt1EK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSKtUCov5TRgkCP9GQ7MD42QW2JQ3VjzffaN8IJQd_Onqlu5ZRugrR6STx9GMBpOfyCCiMltC2928kVWMuwsex6WuECfssPq3MBIg_xHJWLByOG5RN0a1dF6esNAhBXXxt1EK/w535-h355/key_ecological-emergency.jpg" width="535" /></a></div>South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats have welcomed the statement by the authority’s majority Conservative group, following pressure from the Opposition Liberal Democrats, that the Council has declared a formal Ecological Emergency.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">South Gloucestershire’s neighbouring West of England local authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Bristol declared Ecological Emergencies earlier in 2020, however Conservative-controlled South Gloucestershire had, until tonight, made no formal statement on the subject.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">Following the submission of a motion to tonight’s full council by the Liberal Democrat Group calling for the declaration of an Ecological Emergency, the Conservative group gave notice to the opposition groups of their intention to move an amendment including the phrase:<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“this council notes that a formal Ecological Emergency has been declared”.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">Following this acknowledgement that South Gloucestershire Council has already declared an Ecological Emergency, and the statement by the Leader of the Council during the discussion on Climate Emergency Update Report, that tackling the Ecological Emergency had been fully integrated into tackling the Climate Emergency the Liberal Democrat Group decided it was no longer necessary to move the motion at Council.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Speaking after the meeting, Councillor Adrian Rush, who had been due to move the Liberal Democrat motion, said:</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I welcome the administration’s acknowledgement that, through it’s work on the Climate Emergency, this Council has already declared an Ecological Emergency.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Declaring an Ecological Emergency is an important step forward. The administration now needs to demonstrate that it takes the Ecological Emergency, which it has acknowledged, seriously.”<br /></em></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-71202228384894521332020-12-18T13:58:00.005+00:002020-12-18T13:58:37.603+00:00Council gives unanimous support to Liberal Democrat motion on tackling stalkers and domestic abusers<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK0KbonKZVAVhNOzEh-x1yL9j1i7j0f8_RxyRgSAKBr6C4wPnmhO4z4Khys4feAUlB-ZdZ7kv7qPNm-lXt4d2RtVs_XbjdTGxKb42bQpzLriAmpcrjncw1OquSksbBgySme4M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK0KbonKZVAVhNOzEh-x1yL9j1i7j0f8_RxyRgSAKBr6C4wPnmhO4z4Khys4feAUlB-ZdZ7kv7qPNm-lXt4d2RtVs_XbjdTGxKb42bQpzLriAmpcrjncw1OquSksbBgySme4M/w481-h321/image.png" width="481" /></a></div><br /> Gloucestershire councillors have unanimously supported a motion proposed by the opposition Liberal Democrat Group on tackling stalkers and domestic abusers.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">The motion, proposed by Yate North councillor Ben Nutland, highlighted the scale of the scourge that is domestic abuse across the country – with evidence having shown that domestic abuse has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Proposing the motion, Councillor Nutland said:</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“On average a woman is killed by a man every three days in this country.</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“One in four women in this country will suffer domestic violence in their lifetime. </em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">One in four.</em></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Three-quarters of violence against women happens in a place where a woman should feel safest – her own home.</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“I think colleagues on all sides will agree with me that these are truly shocking statistics.</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“By passing this motion tonight we send out a clear signal for those who suffer in silence, that they can speak out and receive the help they need. We can change the narrative from ‘Why doesn’t she just leave?’ to ‘Why doesn’t he just stop?’.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Domestic abuse is everyone’s problem and the solution must be too.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Seconding the motion, Liberal Democrat Councillor for Yate Central, Ruth Davis said:</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“It’s about stopping the perpetrators not stigmatising the victims.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We’ve got to get this right, if anything the most important things are the cultural shift, that we prioritise stopping perpetrators and asking them why they do it and including the details of stalkers and domestic abusers on the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register.”</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">By passing Councillor Nutland’s motion, the Council gave it’s support to:</p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The proactive identification, assessment and management, by the police and probation service, of domestic abusers.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">A cultural shift, whereby greater emphasis is given to identifying and stopping the perpetrators of domestic abuse.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The details of stalkers and domestic abusers being included in the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register.</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #151721; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">The Chief Executive of the Council will now write to the Home Secretary and the Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner setting out the Council’s position and asking her to take action.</p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-70764834285521683332020-12-17T11:42:00.006+00:002020-12-17T11:42:36.743+00:00CONSULTATION ON 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT FOR HERON WAY, CHIPPING SODBURY<p> </p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="dati1w0a ihqw7lf3 hv4rvrfc ecm0bbzt" id="jsc_c_334"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">South
Glos Council is consulting on a proposal to change Heron Way from a 40
mph limit to 30 mph. It's always been a bit of an oddball, as a single
carriageway 40 mph road in the middle of the Birds housing estate.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">We've
seen a few near misses ourselves, particularly for example with
vehicles speeding down the hill to the roundabout just when families and
children are crossing the road after school closing time, when traffic
coming from Scott Way is also heavier.<br /><br />You can see the full details and comment officially to South Glos Council on this link:<br /><span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/PT.6745HeronWayYate30mph/consultationHome?fbclid=IwAR3pM73SrqX4G8cN97-gsBrYy_8q_0ZvG7uaJlKyipoL2Sqz3fjFwDPAd40" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/.../consultationHome</a></span><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Feel free to comment below, but please remember that your opinions ONLY count if they are sent officially to South Glos.</span></div></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Paul Hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086558762212796986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-60757532039643439702020-12-12T11:02:00.003+00:002020-12-13T22:58:19.396+00:00FIGHTING FOR HALF HOURLY TRAINS<h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu o3w64lxj b2s5l15y knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_IKOCiBr2zNSN_4YtrYLCbwwx6-l4FK_VDr5UNwB86v6QHGOpJzaQ6TfUG3by4ch0ghHRu7pyokug0bZEi7vXHdCvBc3Caigev5ZkGwbYMdSleVrnHyrSq-KGHD39ZPVq7xG/s2048/_1058002_50225406842_o.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_IKOCiBr2zNSN_4YtrYLCbwwx6-l4FK_VDr5UNwB86v6QHGOpJzaQ6TfUG3by4ch0ghHRu7pyokug0bZEi7vXHdCvBc3Caigev5ZkGwbYMdSleVrnHyrSq-KGHD39ZPVq7xG/s320/_1058002_50225406842_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The new train timetable from Sunday 13th Dec is a real missed opportunity. </span></span></span></h4><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> You can find details at:</span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/train-times?fbclid=IwAR2yf9iaMQukMVv1YfyrIAqgxEQVpVUC-Disj9zl9NKnBDL1W4PKx5QQ60U" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/train-times</a></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">. Annoyingly, they are running slow trains from Glos to Bristol every half hour, but only alternate trains stop at Yate!! </span></h4><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">The Malvern line B3 from Malvern to Bristol stops at Yate.</span></h4><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">The Weymouth B10 line from Gloucestershire to Weymouth does not show the train stopping at Yate. It says it will stop at places like Thornford and Upway, but not Yate. But actually it will because it is really the B3, but some of them will go on to Weymouth.</span></h4><div><span style="font-size: 15px;">Confused?</span></div><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: inherit;">We have been campaigning for half hourly trains for a long time, and the local MP SAYS he backs the campaign. And WECA and South Glos say THEY back it, but say it is going to cost a lot of money as they need to make technical changes. WECA are spending a fortune on feasibility studies.</span></h4><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: inherit;">We have immediately got Yate Town Council to approach GWR to suggest they sort this out, and once again pushing for the half hourly service we need. </span></h4><h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: inherit;">Stephen Williams, who has been helping us with this campaign commented " Yate desperately needs the half hourly service, and instead of years more promises that it is ‘being investigated’ we need action.”</span></h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-35539346445623343792020-12-11T12:50:00.003+00:002020-12-12T10:50:52.495+00:00BOOK MY BUS RIDE<h1 class="oo9gr5id o0t2es00 knj5qynh n851cfcs" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="fhbep-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7tyJQF31ae0qTiosMuWA9_ypiEZ1I3QWj-8kpBeHZf6blftCltekE5rLWDAvi0bqgRZo2OMDKR5zMtgxfpXLnfFQspnD1YTAlNiicr7Euu86OYdWUwYzzp_IIKz08EAe55Tp/s1280/89912392_10221334100491660_6865308358535020544_o.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7tyJQF31ae0qTiosMuWA9_ypiEZ1I3QWj-8kpBeHZf6blftCltekE5rLWDAvi0bqgRZo2OMDKR5zMtgxfpXLnfFQspnD1YTAlNiicr7Euu86OYdWUwYzzp_IIKz08EAe55Tp/s320/89912392_10221334100491660_6865308358535020544_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fhbep-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="92tq9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="92tq9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="92tq9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The book my bus ride scheme is about to go live on the Y1. so you can now book a ride on the Y1 on Monday - Friday. This means you are sure there is space for you on the bus and the bus will not be overcrowded. (You don't get a specific seat, you get a promise you will be able to find space on the bus safely)</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="2n212-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2n212-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2n212-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">You can book a slot on line at </span><span class="py34i1dx" color="var(--blue-link)" style="font-family: inherit;">www.bookmybusride.com</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="cmk9l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cmk9l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cmk9l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">We were worried that those who most need the certainty may not use computers, so they have agreed to trial a dedicated phone and book service on 07866 977586, Monday to Friday from 09.00-17.00 (excluding Public Holidays). Confirmation of all phone bookings will be sent in the post and First recommends making phone bookings seven days in advance of your journey to allow time for this delivery.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="7hc6l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7hc6l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7hc6l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">If you know of people who might find this service helpful, do please tell them about the phone and online service. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="6bap2" data-offset-key="d16ah-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d16ah-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d16ah-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Mayor, Karl Tomasin said " We are really pleased with this as it will mean people can phone or go on line to book a seat - and people have been telling us they are put off trying to use a bus because worried that the bus may be over full. This reassures them they have a space booked and will be empty enough to meet social distancing rules” (photo taken before COVID)</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-185577834934795242020-12-09T21:53:00.002+00:002020-12-10T21:16:56.964+00:00Drive-In Christmas Carols Sunday 20 December<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMTxcfnNybO0zoV8bW3gM205iVw2N7jcxxHmcX_MDooYk93jrh75MKIgFFTBRjyI_MKqqj9w41c7NafxonmqfONAwkqAqrJOtKQcHs9kYRzQRYewuWbV8JcHMZkp2RpYlPYlBUw/s750/carols+in+the+car+park+poster+pic.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="750" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMTxcfnNybO0zoV8bW3gM205iVw2N7jcxxHmcX_MDooYk93jrh75MKIgFFTBRjyI_MKqqj9w41c7NafxonmqfONAwkqAqrJOtKQcHs9kYRzQRYewuWbV8JcHMZkp2RpYlPYlBUw/w400-h201/carols+in+the+car+park+poster+pic.webp" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Churches
within Yate have organised Drive-In Christmas Carols on the Riverside
Car Park, the one near the cinema, supported by Yate Town and Dodington Parish
Councils, Yate Shopping Centre and the community.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">You
will be able to sit in your car, COVID-safe with your "bubble". There
will be music on the sound system and the words will be up on the big
screen. Esquire Coffee will be open for take away food and drink.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">There are two sessions, at 6 pm and 8 pm. <span><b>Booking is ESSENTIA</b></span>L - tickets are going very quickly. You can book here - <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.yateparish.org/carols?fbclid=IwAR2UcvI6Ii-rKfibg-K-2Ex59LDQnyf6JtjQsZTA261hg0HGphQgECBW5cY" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.yateparish.org/carols</a></span> - click on the session you want. Donations will go to <span><b>St Peters Hospice</b></span>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Paul Hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086558762212796986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-75843474839721891202020-12-08T10:10:00.003+00:002020-12-08T10:10:28.091+00:00Campaign for touch-free pedestrian crossings<h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></h4><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7J0mNB1W459WZRf7YeMZmB0OTQ1Yh6H_7B6SDTOlnAdVI0e1n76C5ZDbZi9Yz1lLaZWx1ili6GYdWrn-AW2HF4RZOOZRvzLz1Ddq-uNdS39yPsMCEbSg-Ksaz_Ay7yAjWmW2/s226/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="144" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7J0mNB1W459WZRf7YeMZmB0OTQ1Yh6H_7B6SDTOlnAdVI0e1n76C5ZDbZi9Yz1lLaZWx1ili6GYdWrn-AW2HF4RZOOZRvzLz1Ddq-uNdS39yPsMCEbSg-Ksaz_Ay7yAjWmW2/w183-h287/images.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Instead of pushing a button as a pedestrian, to get the lights to change, you move your hand under the button unit. Like touch free toilet flushing. The gadget detects the movement.<br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">A simple way to avoid the button that is never cleaned and so many people touch so often - which is a COVID risk (and other infections)</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">The cost? £100 per pushbutton. So you could do every pedestrian controlled light in Yate for under £2000. So we suggested South Glos used some of the money it had been given for highways works resulting from COVID to do this. They refused point blank, even though other authorities have rolled this out. What do you think?</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Have a look at:<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://twitter.com/WolvesCouncil/status/1322503676544585728/video/1?fbclid=IwAR3kR3ztcZ6mCOEHMrqEow4gWO6aQhF4j6HgGW6IRpVzYkJ6fnZ2QceF22U" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/.../status/1322503676544585728/video/1</a></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-53146053998911551012020-12-03T12:53:00.001+00:002020-12-03T12:54:30.459+00:00NEW PLANS FOR TERN INN SITE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN3RnzEjoqgW6p2RyUOjM8GVtV6-pxqrKGnQjpuflYv9ciUfIGJdLx4shRBMQ1Zwcg8UblCvb7IwByuPjXOyG6FuSCN5AJwCJXX8ZQ56AQ3eWPo5hIA52xeFqF-5t-wQsaM0XWQ/s1188/tern+inn+sign+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="889" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN3RnzEjoqgW6p2RyUOjM8GVtV6-pxqrKGnQjpuflYv9ciUfIGJdLx4shRBMQ1Zwcg8UblCvb7IwByuPjXOyG6FuSCN5AJwCJXX8ZQ56AQ3eWPo5hIA52xeFqF-5t-wQsaM0XWQ/w149-h200/tern+inn+sign+a.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="dati1w0a ihqw7lf3 hv4rvrfc ecm0bbzt" id="jsc_c_aw"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">The owner of the Tern Inn and car park off Heron Way has submitted a new planning application for the car park area.<br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">The
proposal is to build a convenience store - likely to be CO-OP - with 5
flats above, one 2 bed and four 1 bed. The building would be along the
side of the car park next to Heron Way. The pub would be retained.<br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">The
plans show that there would be 41 spaces in the car park - around the
existing capacity. Out of the 41 there would be 1 disability space and 5
spaces for the flats, with access bollards.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">15 spaces would be designated for store use, leaving 19 "additional spaces" for everyone else.<br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">You can see the full details and comment on the South Glos website here:<br /><span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://developments.southglos.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QKGGUZOK0DZ00&activeTab=summary&fbclid=IwAR0pudCZoaRIYeU6NSbhkuz2eA0eYBD8tFWdEzVL6yDGGlXNeKGbESRb_Es" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://developments.southglos.gov.uk/.../applicationDeta...</a></span><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">This
replaces the previous application that was turned down after so much
opposition, which would have seen the pub demolished and flats built all
over the car park. <br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Feel
free to comment and discuss the new proposal here, but please remember
that your views will only be officially considered if you send them to
South Glos - the easiest way is to use the "Make a Comment" button on
the page linked above. Please get your official comments in before
Christmas. It's likely that there will be a decision by Wednesday 27
January.<br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">There
is also a lively Facebook discussion going on in The Birds Yate and
Chipping Sodbury Resident Group - if you're not already a member, you
can find them here:<br /><span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1031148403680385/?__cft__[0]=AZV-DOIVIAXyRhOpW3c0fNEGQHbADFkz1dcrVg-Gn28kfM2oLaol8Bi3GCD3C5gndbXdnCqfhluS9FigCI5kFKvmnYlzIUjWe_e8amZnmi8HgGtEY8i0vhBBhen0C3gDI-7zVnakVGYmiSp_eNJSKhoa&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6"><span>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1031148403680385</span></div></a></span></span></div></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Paul Hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086558762212796986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-47426695159896579492020-12-02T11:39:00.002+00:002020-12-02T11:39:28.048+00:00RAISE CARER'S ALLOWANCES<h1 class="oo9gr5id o0t2es00 knj5qynh n851cfcs" data-block="true" data-editor="9dltt" data-offset-key="4dk70-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeZiZUk68P5hunFXmvLsEIyURwLdpEt0hkqmMl7x44c8CmxIUgr3ylt2zvXw8jonRZmsw-93bw35tQOcS8BofAgfLU5D9mvepUlelWNYoT01Y9_VgI3xJ3XQDQGcbuC6sfD4b/s1200/emailRaise2x2.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeZiZUk68P5hunFXmvLsEIyURwLdpEt0hkqmMl7x44c8CmxIUgr3ylt2zvXw8jonRZmsw-93bw35tQOcS8BofAgfLU5D9mvepUlelWNYoT01Y9_VgI3xJ3XQDQGcbuC6sfD4b/s320/emailRaise2x2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4dk70-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9dltt" data-offset-key="eqd2h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eqd2h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eqd2h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> Join our</span><span data-offset-key="eqd2h-0-1" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="diy96o5h" end="27" start="10" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="eqd2h-1-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">#StandUpForCarers</span></span><span data-offset-key="eqd2h-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> campaign to increase the Carer's allowance by £1,000 a year.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9dltt" data-offset-key="4adci-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4adci-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4adci-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Will you join them and add your name and join our fight to give carers the support they need? </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9dltt" data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The national campaign is being led by Ed Davey. This campaign is so personal to him as he has been a carer for much of my life. </span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-1" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-1" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">His story </span><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-2" style="font-family: inherit;">
"First as a teenager, nursing my mum during her long battle against bone cancer. Later for my Nanna, organising her care and trying to make her last few years as comfortable as we could.
And now as a father, as Emily and I care for our disabled son John.
</span><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-3" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">I know how tough it can be.</span><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-4" style="font-family: inherit;">
I will speak up for the nine million carers in our country and be their voice."
</span><span data-offset-key="e4mip-0-5" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Will you join Ed? If you will, join the campaign today: </span><span class="py34i1dx" style="color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="e4mip-1-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://libdems.org.uk/carers">libdems.org.uk/carers</a></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e4mip-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="py34i1dx" style="color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="e4mip-1-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-8017275521112904392020-11-29T20:02:00.007+00:002020-11-29T20:02:58.756+00:00A46 Tormarton - comments by 2 Dec<h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></h4><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4mQT4OFOoyc2FXiymCvn2LW79wtxT424-4RUVRDkBHFi-Idx7p4O1yi3svtPcoYrfw38Pj6Puv96W_hwkjR8kV66ajSU1QJuoo9Rco7oysd5GwGb4kw0TVrv8LMW2kUUn22M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="300" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4mQT4OFOoyc2FXiymCvn2LW79wtxT424-4RUVRDkBHFi-Idx7p4O1yi3svtPcoYrfw38Pj6Puv96W_hwkjR8kV66ajSU1QJuoo9Rco7oysd5GwGb4kw0TVrv8LMW2kUUn22M/w270-h318/Tormarton+lights+A46-web.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><br />South Glos is proposing to do some work on the A46, where the road up from Codrington/Westleriegh and the road to the Compass Inn meet it, close to the M4 junction. That has always been a dangerous junction and South Glos want to cut the number of serious accidents there.. Claire Young, and local residents have been working to get the Council to take action.(Picture below of Claire and residents campaigning back in 2018 when South Glos put in temporary lights)</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br />Officers have now published their plans: some raised red hatching and a change in speed limit. Here are the plans.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br />If you want to comment you need to fill in the S Glos form at:<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/A46Tormarton?fbclid=IwAR1pLNGaQyVsBEKsdecuXvEAd8siYXqfOvnK2LZ3iLKt7gnjfNY3dUY5hdY" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consu.../A46Tormarton</a></span><br />Comments close on 2nd Dec. The proposals are below</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFSQLl8rLw_Mjic_WIBBb3dFGwCsM0ZnvpK7GKdibOqDG0XnNmlfrwWO2_FkqCzUS8ixQVmcQ8I-00VBAqiVKua4-Gf6ORBwo-VBlIoVX1AvKgCxexsNOtJtosn_uFpOHeXi0/s842/Consultation_Notice+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUHRPjDw3zha5V2PN4Xb8nPNX0C9_9JgpVZOgqOVRtdq0ruhwuJM8y7MBnB2JN2bxhKHPNZ73DOrMRnOrFzqoSzh8-u2ThcC-zf-Z1zWirjQsjk8LwMfoTrSYlk9B92NhDN8D/s640/20190721_094550.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUHRPjDw3zha5V2PN4Xb8nPNX0C9_9JgpVZOgqOVRtdq0ruhwuJM8y7MBnB2JN2bxhKHPNZ73DOrMRnOrFzqoSzh8-u2ThcC-zf-Z1zWirjQsjk8LwMfoTrSYlk9B92NhDN8D/s320/20190721_094550.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5irfi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="8oll" data-offset-key="1sljg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1sljg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1sljg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">A few months ago, during lockdown, Yate Town Council put together a master plan for the strategic cycle routes we need around Yate, to help people cycle (and consulted with cyclists to identify the strategic routes where it is currently trickier to cycle). We are pleased that South Glos has agreed to act on some parts of the Yate Town Council master plan. So they are currently drawing up plans for a cycleway from the B and Q roundabout to Link Road along Station Road, and from B and Q to Link Road along Kennedy Way. That would give a link to the North South Route.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="8oll" data-offset-key="5vv6a-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5vv6a-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5vv6a-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">We have asked them as part of the plans to sort out the McDonald's car park entrance and pilot a one way system through the car park using the Armadillo exit; and have reminded them of the urgent need to sort out the two traffic lights and mini roundabout at Church Rd which has a real pedestrian hazard. And we have put the case for having a secure covered bike park at the junction of these routes by the bus terminus for bike and ride. We have also stressed they need to consult carefully BEFORE they start doing anything - and learn the lessons from the Station Rd mess. These routes SHOULD be easier to solve without harming residents or businesses....but they need to listen and resolve the problems up front. </span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-26690731120498930472020-10-03T12:47:00.004+01:002020-10-03T12:47:25.440+01:00Focus wins battle to tackle problem underpass. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TjCF4PVi2k5O5dzHswrvHanPkQoGe-R8r5aI2UzhE5h1LPVIg4-D43I5Q1u7VYbCuwSrAzm53db2lQ_w4rb1YYbMchIPXnchd9-hOdiR_SJwVvfF0bdplVPdwkYi7yZ9hDhS/s2048/Subway.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TjCF4PVi2k5O5dzHswrvHanPkQoGe-R8r5aI2UzhE5h1LPVIg4-D43I5Q1u7VYbCuwSrAzm53db2lQ_w4rb1YYbMchIPXnchd9-hOdiR_SJwVvfF0bdplVPdwkYi7yZ9hDhS/s320/Subway.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">South Glos have confirmed to John Gawn that the subway from Sundridge Park to the shops will close this coming week. They hope to start work shutting it off on 5th October ie Monday. Thanks to John for all his work with residents, the police and South Glos to tackle the problems there. </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-6833943598342523842020-09-27T14:46:00.002+01:002020-09-27T14:46:19.274+01:00GOV PLANS REMOVE YOUR SAY IN PLANNING DECISIONS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeTD5FH3icvdQgb22TU5ZqKUjA1bqP_CJ8emPU7o2EOsHnIxp8ymTM4Mqal8fLX6F9fSjQQ-KFqs6XFfNsvJle1kDGDCXs_dVT28XSbGDcRt8exAh_6EaUZ_wzaJUxAhRBT-5/s940/120309079_10157035054556991_7405472860635016944_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeTD5FH3icvdQgb22TU5ZqKUjA1bqP_CJ8emPU7o2EOsHnIxp8ymTM4Mqal8fLX6F9fSjQQ-KFqs6XFfNsvJle1kDGDCXs_dVT28XSbGDcRt8exAh_6EaUZ_wzaJUxAhRBT-5/s320/120309079_10157035054556991_7405472860635016944_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">If you think recent decisions where South Glos planners have ignored local views were bad…. It is going to get worse. The government has published two proposals, which would remove ANY local say in a whole range of planning decisions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lots of things that have a significant impact on neighbours would no longer need planning permission. So no chance to have your say, no chance for South Glos to try to get improvements. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We think this is a disgrace. We believe local communities should shape their own futures, together - not have a market based free for all in which developers can do what they like, whatever to cost to other residents. Today Lib Dem Conference condemned these anti-democratic changes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.libdems.org.uk/f17-emergency"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">https://www.libdems.org.uk/f17-emergency</span></a></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;">You can find out more about what the government is planning by going to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-89986841031947309322020-09-13T11:48:00.004+01:002020-09-13T11:48:50.859+01:00McDonald's Chaos<h4 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></h4><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kzfQZkPKIE8yiZ7ETXiDr2FJ7iRkpCCZesTx6Tc69qrl7L15CG18uRQxfYDnpCW1DG-dqPunaufuBvvbfJb7_xD-KgbXj3HtrBAVE4b0hpoQQaLh_Yc8LuQyNV5fXD22Yr1G/s1600/Image-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kzfQZkPKIE8yiZ7ETXiDr2FJ7iRkpCCZesTx6Tc69qrl7L15CG18uRQxfYDnpCW1DG-dqPunaufuBvvbfJb7_xD-KgbXj3HtrBAVE4b0hpoQQaLh_Yc8LuQyNV5fXD22Yr1G/s320/Image-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFQBSjW0O5rZrUjeSlYc_zf-OEZC7RoKAiT-T8V0PkwuI3skJeQ1E5ri3drcCfIfCqjhi0lfzUzFoBVDSIfTQzbzWEqAS8x4E-zdOqAzcngvhqFo1mvB1efYrtB_Mjd-K8_P_/s2048/IMG_4902.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFQBSjW0O5rZrUjeSlYc_zf-OEZC7RoKAiT-T8V0PkwuI3skJeQ1E5ri3drcCfIfCqjhi0lfzUzFoBVDSIfTQzbzWEqAS8x4E-zdOqAzcngvhqFo1mvB1efYrtB_Mjd-K8_P_/s320/IMG_4902.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Friday, 4.30pm and it is... chaos.... First full week back at school and Station Rd was completely blocked in both directions by queues for McDonalds - blocking the fire and ambulance station, right turn area and the east and west bound lanes.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">We have asked the police and South Glos to work with McDonalds urgently to stop this happening again. And asked the shopping centre owners to help.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Two residents have very helpfully supplied photos - if YOU spot the problem, and can safely take a photo, please do and send it to us, as the more evidence we have, the more likely officials are to take serious action to prevent the problem.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">When it was bad earlier in the year, S Glos did some monitoring, but of course McDonalds knew, so they made sure the problem did not occur. And McDonalds for a while had a sign saying no queuing back onto the road, with someone where forcing cars to move in. That needs to be restarted, and they need to act quickly whenever a problem occurs. McD's say they don't know if there is a problem. Well, there is a camera that monitors car parking entrance, run by the shopping centre owners, so could they not use that to spot if there is a backlog, or simply put in their own camera. It is not acceptable for the town centre to gridlock because of a queue for McDonalds....</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-87767154552466496322020-09-12T11:33:00.002+01:002020-09-12T11:38:54.321+01:00Park and Ride Planning Application in <h1 class="oo9gr5id o0t2es00 knj5qynh n851cfcs" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="98bdr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6EF-2Xv74C28n0VEjLeWY-SjKwZ312RMwWB8l3oXPlSb2R0gmvxTWgfualpG6wv7sfQCUM6vmVnCMgheYSCgI53BQi-W_zVD_BiYqe4OunYhGQPxqJfwueS48WLGX372y2Rs/s2048/P20_16166_R3F-GENERAL_ARRANGEMENT_-_SHEET_1_OF_2-6744542.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="2048" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6EF-2Xv74C28n0VEjLeWY-SjKwZ312RMwWB8l3oXPlSb2R0gmvxTWgfualpG6wv7sfQCUM6vmVnCMgheYSCgI53BQi-W_zVD_BiYqe4OunYhGQPxqJfwueS48WLGX372y2Rs/w500-h354/P20_16166_R3F-GENERAL_ARRANGEMENT_-_SHEET_1_OF_2-6744542.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="98bdr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv42iNnxzrwPHIbudtKJAwsXluW_KQl4o6cz57aoROr7RlUo8C0phrUyLUdxDTXjYOjf5I8rUqGPXwrFTjVW-959WUYvIcy3PtfCkulz7cC2eXW_YaZtZpiByarf6ZV98uaDwY/s320/_1057918_50225178916_o.jpg" width="320" /></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="43tjb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="43tjb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="43tjb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Good news - with your help there have been improvements to the proposals but …</span></div></div><ul class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso" data-offset-key="cagfv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li class="bi6gxh9e aov4n071 lfifhrf7 _3kpz _3kq0 _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="cagfv-0-0" style="counter-reset: ol0 0; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; position: relative;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cagfv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cagfv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">users are still going to have to cross the A432 to get to the bus stop -</span></div></li><li class="bi6gxh9e aov4n071 lfifhrf7 _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="4j19f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; position: relative;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4j19f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4j19f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">It is likely to turn into a Council Office overflow car park</span></div></li></ul><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="d6sje-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d6sje-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d6sje-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The plan is for 192 spaces, incl 13 disabled and 20 electric, one car club bay, 6 m/c and secure parking for 46 bicycles. We've attached the plans to this post.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="8n0eq-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8n0eq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8n0eq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Open from 6am to 10pm excluding bank holidays</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="de7s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="de7s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="de7s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This is much smaller than would be needed to allow for all the extra houses since the plans agreed in 2005, so there are real worries about whether it will be big enough.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="35aod-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="35aod-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="35aod-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Parking will £2.60 a day but free for those using the buses. So you won’t need to use the bus or train to park there. That means it is likely to get heavily used by people working in the Council offies next door, as that is desperately short of parking. So there is a real risk relatively few of the 192 spaces will be available for ACTUAL park and ride users.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="5s37i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5s37i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5s37i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The plan does show an on site bus lay-by, but there is STILL NO COMMITMENT commitment to actually getting the buses to go in so users are still going to have to cross the A432 to get to Bristol bound buses</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="6tdso-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6tdso-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6tdso-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The good news is that it WILL have a signal controlled pedestrian crossing over the A432 Badminton Rd - so we have won that battle thanks to your help in creating a strong community pressure.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="4cv5c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4cv5c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4cv5c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">You can check out the plans and add your views at</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="d984t-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d984t-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="py34i1dx" color="var(--blue-link)" style="font-family: inherit;">https://developments.southglos.gov.uk/online-applications/</span><span data-offset-key="d984t-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> - then put the reference P20/16166/R3F in the search box.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="3uea3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3uea3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3uea3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="5drhb" data-offset-key="58gfj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="58gfj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="58gfj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Photo - Stephen Williams, Ruth Davis, John Gawn, CLaire Young and Mike Drew trying out the road crossing to get to the bus stop from the proposed car park.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-24743137902449055612020-09-10T14:46:00.004+01:002020-09-10T14:48:02.292+01:00Developers rip up Ladden Gardens Local Centre master plan <h1 class="oo9gr5id o0t2es00 knj5qynh n851cfcs" data-block="true" data-editor="dmc8j" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyi9p8n7lAKOGNXosyHod9btEc0UueOTP2pIwrz4WLwD4i1P5EMDdtJatSwmpkaegbiJfcEemdiBnmwSpXosOLkVMlzMXcOKdLRlkCb-_oxUyxG2YF39gQNSdEbUJNeo0siiS/s2048/P19_14361_RM-PLANNING_LAYOUT-6729178.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyi9p8n7lAKOGNXosyHod9btEc0UueOTP2pIwrz4WLwD4i1P5EMDdtJatSwmpkaegbiJfcEemdiBnmwSpXosOLkVMlzMXcOKdLRlkCb-_oxUyxG2YF39gQNSdEbUJNeo0siiS/s320/P19_14361_RM-PLANNING_LAYOUT-6729178.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8kgfk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Plans have now been published for the 'local centre' at Ladden Gardens. They are COMPLETELY different from the approved master plan.</span></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dmc8j" data-offset-key="79ddk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="79ddk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="79ddk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The hotel and pub are gone, the 7 shops have been reduced to 1, green space is being removed and car parking put in. Instead all the space that would have been used for these facilities is going to be 3 storey flats, with only the road width and s single row of cars between them and existing houses. All the plans showing them set further back have been torn up. They are proposing to put the community building at one end, and all the parking at the other end, right outside existing houses (just to make sure you maximise disturbance to resident late night).</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dmc8j" data-offset-key="8429e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8429e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8429e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">If YOU live anywhere on the new development, you might want to have a look and comment as this is going to be the only community facility for the whole of the new development. You can find it at: </span><span class="py34i1dx" color="var(--blue-link)" style="font-family: inherit;">southglos.gov.uk/search-planning-applications</span><span data-offset-key="8429e-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;"> - then put in the reference P19/14631/RM - but you will need to move fast - they only published this revised version of the plan this week and want comments immediately. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dmc8j" data-offset-key="6t3un-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6t3un-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6t3un-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The version the developers put in last October was far far worse, and S Glos officers have done well to get as many changes as they have managed so far. Now we need to all help put pressure on to get more changes.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dmc8j" data-offset-key="b5g3v-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b5g3v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="b5g3v-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The Town Council has objected to the changes - when resident shave tried to get eg play area problems sorted out they are told by the planners ' oh we have to stick to the approved masterplan' but this looks like another example of one rule for residents and one for the developers - if the developers get away with ripping up the masterplan for the local centre. Their only excuse for the change is ' there is no demand for a pub or hotel' - well not right now maybe, but we need to plan for the next 50 years - and if they cannot build those right now, at least let us have it for community uses, to replace the community use of a pub and hotel.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36458300.post-53752179049118234902020-09-01T13:50:00.002+01:002020-09-10T14:48:53.367+01:00HALF HOURLY TRAINS FROM YATE a TORY MYTH<h1 class="oo9gr5id o0t2es00 knj5qynh n851cfcs" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="3brqf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVtV7XN2yDOwJMYh0PdXHEXM4sfDaf-GloUj5xFSKezzkShso5-jahx2Z8R14bqqpmCufEL8NP23JNPtEQA5jOhVuMUDiHPfD-HniRNLNBJhKdw9dJEUXlOC4ydtF6MaJffor/s2048/_1058002_50225406842_o.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVtV7XN2yDOwJMYh0PdXHEXM4sfDaf-GloUj5xFSKezzkShso5-jahx2Z8R14bqqpmCufEL8NP23JNPtEQA5jOhVuMUDiHPfD-HniRNLNBJhKdw9dJEUXlOC4ydtF6MaJffor/w410-h273/_1058002_50225406842_o.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3brqf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></h1><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="easdp-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="easdp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="easdp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Remember back in June when the Tories announced half hourly train services from Yate. This is something we have been fighting to get for a long while. We were surprised, as WECA was still in the process of commissioning reports. We asked WECA whether there was now a decision. Their reply is long, but in essence, they are no further forward. The press release was just spin manufactured from nowhere. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Compare the official answer from WECA with the Tory press release.....</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">(</span><a href="https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/18533814.new-half-hourly-train-services-announced-yate-bristol-gloucester/">https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/18533814.new-half-hourly-train-services-announced-yate-bristol-gloucester/</a>)</div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8upmi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Stephen Williams, pictured above, who is helping us try to get WECA to deliver. commented "We need ACTION not SPIN."</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="f3mej-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f3mej-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f3mej-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">They are still writing business cases and risk assessments, as they have been since 2016</span><span data-offset-key="f3mej-0-1" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">.</span><span data-offset-key="f3mej-0-2" style="font-family: inherit;">The WECA reply (and it is Weca that are in charge) received today is: "</span><span class="py34i1dx" color="var(--blue-link)" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span data-offset-key="f3mej-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The March 2019 MetroWest Phase 2 Outline Business Case identified Yate as the terminating point on the Bristol Parkway to Gloucester line for MetroWest services and increasing the services calling at Yate to half hourly, this remains a WECA commitment.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="7rmpl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7rmpl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7rmpl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The Gloucester Extension report you reference was produced in December 2016 and the infrastructure work required for the extension is being revisited by Network Rail to validate the proposal and includes liaison with the train and freight operators. The December 2016 Gloucester Extension report did not include any timetable or Railsys modelling and therefore this needs to be considered. The report noted that the next steps should be timetable and operational assessments and this is being progressed by WECA.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9u193" data-offset-key="9793d-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9793d-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9793d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">As part of the operational assessment, risk assessments of the increased service frequency at level crossings on the line to Gloucester need to be undertaken. Once this has been completed and any alterations to level crossings due to safety concerns identified, WECA will confirm the programme of infrastructure works required for the revised timetable. WECA have commissioned a consultant to undertake a Transport Economic Assessment for MetroWest Phase 2 to include the extension to Gloucester to review the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR). This will confirm our approach to ensure a robust Full Business Case is submitted for the full capital works required."</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://www.localfocus.blogspot.com/">Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington</a></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09624140227949676838noreply@blogger.com0