Two motorway junctions in the Patchway area are to be improved in an effort to reduce congestion, the Government announced today. The northbound exit slip road at junction 16 of the M5 (A38, Aztec West) will be widened to create an extra lane for traffic turning left towards the A38 north. Also on the M5, the southbound exit slip road
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A Planning Committee looks set to approve plans to build six new dwellings on land currently used for parking in Longney Place [map], despite objections from residents concerned about access to existing properties at the site. South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Development Control (West) Committee is due to consider the planning application from Solon Housing Association at its meeting next Thursday
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Twenty Airbus graduates supported Patchway Community Centre staff throughout a Fun Family Day last Saturday (29th September) by running fundraising activities. There was also the opportunity for children to play on a bouncy castle and to take part in flight inspired exercises such as building and flying model planes and launching some rockets! The Fun Family Day was focussed on
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The long-debated closure of Patchway’s Highwood Road to general traffic looks set to take effect from Monday 15th October after traffic orders associated with the scheme were published today by South Gloucestershire Council. The Council decided in July to press ahead with the proposals, despite receiving a 4,137 signature petition calling for the road to be kept open to general
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Bristol Fashion Week (BFW) has returned to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway, where the ever-popular catwalk fashion shows are running until Sunday (30th September). Trusted fashion advisor Mark Heyes and celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton are once again presenting each show, combining style advice, celebrity gossip and valuable fashion knowledge. Fashions, footwear and jewellery featured in the shows come from stores
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A footbridge over the M5 motorway near Patchway is to be replaced, necessitating the lengthy diversion of a public footpath. The Pegwell Brake footbridge (also known as the Banana or Rainbow footbridge), provides a link between Patchway and the village of Over. It carries a public footpath that runs from the back of houses in Park Leaze, Patchway, down through
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The Jump indoor play centre at Cribbs Causeway is to close for twelve days from Monday (24th September) for work that will bring exciting improvements to the playframes and inflatables. A notice on the centre’s website reads: “We are always committed to improving our centres so during September/October we will be developing our party frames and investing in a new
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JLS confirmed as headline act for concert to raise £20,000 for Bristol Children’s Hospital. The Mall at Cribbs Causeway has confirmed its plans to host a charity concert in aid of Bristol charity Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and support its campaign to raise funds for a new Cardiac Hybrid Theatre at Bristol Children’s Hospital. The concert, due to take
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A planning application seeking permission to convert a vacant shop in Rodway Road to a hot food takeaway has been withdrawn after the applicant failed to meet a deadline for providing technical information about a proposed new extraction flue. The premises, at 106 Rodway Road, most recently housed a computer sales and repair business known as Rodway Computers (formerly AKW
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Officials at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) have recommended that a proposed scheme to ban traffic from making a left-turn into Shellmor Avenue from the A38 Gloucester Road should be implemented, despite 93 residents signing a petition against it. The recommendation is contained in a report prepared in advance of next Wednesday meeting of SGC’s Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment Committee,
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