Did you see anything?

At approx 11am on Thursday 28th August a distraction burglary occurred in the Coalpit Heath area. Two persons attended the address claiming to be from the water board. No vehicles were seen in the vicinity.

To pass on information please either call 0845 456 7000 or email: forceservicecentre@avonandsomerset.police.uk quoting the log number 376.

Composting meeting

Tormarton Parish Council have arranged a public display of the SITA planning application from 6.30-9pm on 3rd and 4th September in Tormarton Parish Hall. A Parish Meeting to obtain views on the application (which people from neighbouring parishes are welcome to attend) will be held in Tormarton Parish Hall, starting at 7.30pm on Thursday 4th September.

Deadline looming for phone box comments

BT have asked South Gloucestershire Council to co-ordinate the local response to the proposed phone box closures. Comments must be sent to the Council not BT directly by 31st August 2008. For more information, see the South Glos website.

Paul's Place Grand Reopening Event

Local charity Paul's Place are holding a grand reopening event tomorrow (Bank Holiday Monday) from 2pm-5pm at their home, Coalpit Heath Cricket Club. Not only do they have the opening of their new ramp down to the cricket pitches to celebrate, they are also delighted that on Thursday the planning committee granted them permission to build a new extension.

Tormarton composting application

The consultation period has started for SITA's in-vessel composting application for the highways depot site near Tormarton. You can view the extensive case file and make comments on the South Glos website. According to the website, the deadline for comments is 9 September, but local Councillors were told it was the 8th. Either way, there isn't long to make your views know.

Residents and Parish Councils affected by the previous composting application near Westerleigh were angry that no residents were notified of that application because none lived within 100m of the site. Claire Young took these complaints to the Executive Member at the Select Committee and this time the Council have contacted all those within 900m. This includes some people living in the part of Dodington Parish within Westerleigh ward.

If you would like further updates on this application, you can join our composting mailing list by sending an email to:

focus-on-composting-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Phone mast - deadline for comments 2 September

Don't forget that if you wish to comment on the proposed O2 phone mast, the deadline for comments is 2 September.

First bus prices to rise

First Bus has announced price rises of around 6 percent in the Greater Bristol area with effect from Sunday 1st September. They say this is due to the rising cost of fuel.

The announcement from First is here.

For more details you can click on the "Bristol fares information" link at the bottom of First's announcement.

(Thank you to our sister blog for this story).