A new gym could open soon in Patchway following the submission of a planning application to change the permitted usage of a unit in the Smith’s Complex, near Patchway Roundabout. The application, registered with South Gloucestershire Council on 19th December, seeks to change the use of the building from ‘retail store’ (class A1) to ‘fitness studio’ (class D2). Signage on the building
Continue readingMonth: December 2011
Journal photo used as The Mall’s Christmas Card image
A photograph taken by the Patchway Journal’s Editor has been featured in The Mall at Cribbs Causeway’s electronic Christmas card, sent to thousands of subscribers on the shopping centre’s mailing list. The shot, taken at the Christmas Lights Switch-On event on 10th November 2011, captures the moment when pop idol Olly Murs pressed the plunger to turn on the festive
Continue readingShellmor Avenue closure scheme gets thumbs up from residents
Residents concerned about the volume of traffic using Shellmor Avenue in Stoke Lodge as a shortcut between the A38 Gloucester Road and Stoke Lane have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme to close the left turn into the road from the A38 southbound. The results of a recent public consultation on three possible schemes to address the traffic problems
Continue readingMan arrested for drugs offence after police stop car in Patchway
A man has been arrested for possession of illegal drugs after he attempted to run away after a car was stopped by police in Patchway. The officers involved were working on Operation Tonic, Avon and Somerset Police’s Christmas anti-drink/drug driving campaign that was launched recently at Aztec West. Later, at the police station, the man was found to be in
Continue readingLocal school children help to officially open the Patchway Hub
Pupils from Callicroft Primary School joined local dignitaries to officially open the new Patchway Hub in Rodway Road on Thursday afternoon (15th December). Patchway’s new purpose-built centre for health and council services for children and young people entered service in early September, bringing essential services right to the heart of the community, with parents and carers of children of all
Continue readingNew plan sees 3,950 extra homes for Cribbs/Patchway area
Planners at South Gloucestershire Council are proposing that an extra 3,950 homes be built in the Patchway/Cribbs Causeway area over the next 15 years, on top of existing commitments to build 2,200 homes at Charlton Hayes and 1,750 at Cribbs Causeway and on land south of Filton Airfeld. The plans for additional homes were revealed in a revised version of
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