Current News and Updates
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
99 Devonshire Road
Hurrah - we have heard from local building company West - tec that they are going to start work on completing the building work on 99 Devonshire Road in the next month - before the end of April: go to the Planning Issues page for more details. Many thanks to everyone who has campaigned long and hard to get the work completed.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Future of St Christopher’s - Getting the community voice heard
Information on the future development of the St. Christopher's site can be found on the Planning Issues page. A Position Statement summarises Aurora's pre application request made to the City Council in July and reports on meeting held between local residents and Aurora in October. The meetings revealed a number of issues of concern to residents including vehicular access to the site - in particular there is strong opposition to The Glen being used as an access to the site.
Aurora have now received a response from the City Council on the pre application request and we trust that Aurora will soon share this response with us.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
7 Belvedere Road
An update on 7 Belvedere Road can be also found on the Planning Issues page. After two attempts to secure planning permission for a care home extension the owner has recently submitted (March 2021) an application to convert the property to eight flats.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Food Bank
The Church in Westbury Park organises collections for the food bank at Avonmouth - needed now more than ever during the coronavirus crisis. If you would like to donate to the foodbank there is a storage cupboard to leave items at the church door of St. Alban’s Church.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________Breaking Bread Plans Proposals 2021
Breaking Bread (The Tipi Village) have been given permission by the Site Permissions team at Bristol City Council and the Downs Committee to use the area of the Downs again for 2021. Breaking Bread hope to run from the 1st of April until the 3rd October 2021. The venue will only be able to open once national restrictions allow, which could well be later into the Spring and early Summer.
The same partners from 2020 will be involved in leading the project, with the return of the Tipi Restaurants and the Outdoor Bar and Cafe Gardens. Some additional elements are proposed on the site to the site for 2021.. These comprise :-
-- A Team Canteen CIC which will be housed as the central structure on the site with a fully equipped kitchen areas suitable for training and food production, and a dining / flexible event space.
-- A small tented venue on the site of around 100 person socially distanced capacity that can be used by creative organisations and venues in Bristol that may still be unable to open at this time. Uses such as live music, dance, comedy, talks & demonstrations will be able to use this space, but site managers will ensure that any noise generated by such use does not disturb local residents.
If anyone has any concerns about the proposal for 2021 or the operation of the 2020 venue please contact Tom Paine at tom@teamlove.org.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________{
Westbury Park Community Survey
During February a community survey was undertaken to find out the main issues concerning people and to see if it was felt that the Association could help tackle these issues. There was an excellent response and several key issues emerged, e.g. traffic, parking, aspects of the environment and community facilities.
Click here for a copy of the community survey results
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The New Task Groups
There was strong support expressed at the 13th March meeting for the Community Association to continue and many agreed to join the new task groups to make things happen.
The Task Groups are
• Traffic, Transport and Parking
• The Natural Environment
• Community Spirit
• 99 Devonshire Road
• Supporting the Community Association
If you are interested in joining any of these groups please email westburyparkca@gmail.com or kchidgey@blueyonder.co.uk
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Website updated on Saturday, 27th March 2021
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
99 Devonshire Road
Hurrah - we have heard from local building company West - tec that they are going to start work on completing the building work on 99 Devonshire Road in the next month - before the end of April: go to the Planning Issues page for more details. Many thanks to everyone who has campaigned long and hard to get the work completed.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Future of St Christopher’s - Getting the community voice heard
Information on the future development of the St. Christopher's site can be found on the Planning Issues page. A Position Statement summarises Aurora's pre application request made to the City Council in July and reports on meeting held between local residents and Aurora in October. The meetings revealed a number of issues of concern to residents including vehicular access to the site - in particular there is strong opposition to The Glen being used as an access to the site.
Aurora have now received a response from the City Council on the pre application request and we trust that Aurora will soon share this response with us.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
7 Belvedere Road
An update on 7 Belvedere Road can be also found on the Planning Issues page. After two attempts to secure planning permission for a care home extension the owner has recently submitted (March 2021) an application to convert the property to eight flats.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Food Bank
The Church in Westbury Park organises collections for the food bank at Avonmouth - needed now more than ever during the coronavirus crisis. If you would like to donate to the foodbank there is a storage cupboard to leave items at the church door of St. Alban’s Church.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________Breaking Bread Plans Proposals 2021
Breaking Bread (The Tipi Village) have been given permission by the Site Permissions team at Bristol City Council and the Downs Committee to use the area of the Downs again for 2021. Breaking Bread hope to run from the 1st of April until the 3rd October 2021. The venue will only be able to open once national restrictions allow, which could well be later into the Spring and early Summer.
The same partners from 2020 will be involved in leading the project, with the return of the Tipi Restaurants and the Outdoor Bar and Cafe Gardens. Some additional elements are proposed on the site to the site for 2021.. These comprise :-
-- A Team Canteen CIC which will be housed as the central structure on the site with a fully equipped kitchen areas suitable for training and food production, and a dining / flexible event space.
-- A small tented venue on the site of around 100 person socially distanced capacity that can be used by creative organisations and venues in Bristol that may still be unable to open at this time. Uses such as live music, dance, comedy, talks & demonstrations will be able to use this space, but site managers will ensure that any noise generated by such use does not disturb local residents.
If anyone has any concerns about the proposal for 2021 or the operation of the 2020 venue please contact Tom Paine at tom@teamlove.org.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________{
Westbury Park Community Survey
During February a community survey was undertaken to find out the main issues concerning people and to see if it was felt that the Association could help tackle these issues. There was an excellent response and several key issues emerged, e.g. traffic, parking, aspects of the environment and community facilities.
Click here for a copy of the community survey results
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The New Task Groups
There was strong support expressed at the 13th March meeting for the Community Association to continue and many agreed to join the new task groups to make things happen.
The Task Groups are
• Traffic, Transport and Parking
• The Natural Environment
• Community Spirit
• 99 Devonshire Road
• Supporting the Community Association
If you are interested in joining any of these groups please email westburyparkca@gmail.com or kchidgey@blueyonder.co.uk
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Website updated on Saturday, 27th March 2021
