One of the positives of the closure of Frenchay Hospital was to be the reduction in parking all over Frenchay. Having recently returned from 6 months in Lisbon I expected to see a big change in the traffic. Although the surrounding roads are now clear of most hospital based cars, Beckspool Road is just as congested …

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No doubt some of you will remember this was raised at the Annual General Meeting of the Frenchay Preservation Society meeting in November 2014. By those present it was unanimously cheered and applauded as a way forward to expand on the Conservation document which was approved by South Gloucestershire Council in 2007. …

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When the County of Avon was divided into Bristol and South Gloucestershire, the former teachers’ centre in Winterbourne was sold off. The Parish Council bought it and turned it into The Greenfield Centre, the headquarters of the Parish Council. As the building is a 1950s structure with a flat roof it is ideal for solar …

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Winterbourne Parish Council (WPC) owns and/or manages a number of open spaces from Winterbourne to Frenchay. Here are some of them. Newleaze Some years ago WPC bought a field opposite the Winterbourne International Academy’s playing fields. This was planted with 880 small trees and a pond was created to become part of …

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The Planning subcommittee of Winterbourne Parish Council has 8 members (half of the council). These consist of 4 from Winterbourne, 2 from Winterbourne Down/Hambrook and 2 representing Frenchay. It comments on the planning applications within the Parish and adjacent to it e.g. Stoke Gifford or Frampton Cotterell. It …

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“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Sir Winston Churchill We now know that the North Bristol Trust has outline planning permission to build up to 490 houses on the Frenchay Hospital site. It may appear that your Parish Councillors’ work on the …

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