Liberal Democrat councillors Isabel Brazil and Jeremy Hilton have issued a challenge to the Tory-run city council to acquire 67/69 London Road for a housing development.
Plans have been submitted to build 100 homes on the grounds of the former Civil Service club in Kingsholm.
Barnwood Park is to be included in an Urban Greening Project which is designed to create/improve wildlife habitats throughout the city. It will be run in partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, The University of Gloucesershire and the Environment Agency.
Recent heavy rain has once again highlighted the faults with some of the gullies / drains along the main road through Barnwood. We have seen that surface water (ponding) at the junction with Church Lane does not drain away as it should, causing difficulties for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
At the BCP AGM on 22nd May a resolution was passed to 'dissolve' the partnership.
As regularly reported in Spotlight, the Community Grant Budget allowed each city councillor to allocate £1,000 (reduced to £500 for 2018-19) within their ward to support community projects. Joanne received applications from several local groups including the following examples which each received funding: