We are Knowle West

The Knowle West Residents Planning Group is consulting the community about its proposals for housing on the Novers Slopes as well as in the Inns Court area. You are invited to come along to hear about and comment on the proposals at the exhibition.

The exhibition is at the Mede Centre, Marshall Walk, Inns Court on:

Friday 28th January between 2 and 4pm; and 6 to 8pm

Saturday 29th January between 10 and 2pm.

Dear Sir/Madam

Many thanks for contributing to the recent consultation on our Parks and Green Spaces Strategy. There has been a record number of responses – more than 3,000, not including people who signed petitions or attending drop-in sessions. Your input is very much welcomed and I can assure you that the points you raise are being carefully considered.

I wanted to update on the next steps. Officers have worked through the consultation responses and drawn up final proposals. These will be discussed firstly at an extraordinary meeting of the council’s Quality of Life Scrutiny Commission that will be held at the Council House on Wednesday 15 December (10am).

This replaces the scheduled discussion that was planned for Monday December 6. The change in date allowed officers more time to work up their final proposals following the huge level of public interest.
On the following day – Thursday December 16 at 4pm – the Council’s Cabinet will meet as planned to decide on the final plans.

Members of the public will be able to attend both meetings, make public statements in the usual way or watch proceedings on the webcast through the council’s website – www.bristol.gov.uk/webcast.
I would like to thank you once again for your contribution to this important consultation.

Yours faithfully
Tracey Morgan
Service Director
Environment & Leisure

Residents can view online the 5 options for the Bristol City Council plans for the regeneration of Knowle West. You can comment on these options until Friday 12th November 2010.

The Knowle West Residents’ Planning Group have just completed their work on an option for the regeneration of the area covered by the Knowle West Regeneration Plan.

To highlight this work the Group issued the follow press release:

“The Knowle West Residents Planning Group was established in the autumn of 2008 by the local Community in Partnership to ensure that local residents’ views on the future of their neighbourhood were taken into account at all stages in the planning process, something rarely achieved in the past.

Effective community involvement is now part of the City Council’s policy, thanks to the work of the Neighbourhood Planning Network who designed it.  It gives further powers to local people to engage in genuine planning and will soon be part of the Coalition Government’s regulations.

The Group’s alternative is well based on widespread local knowledge through the Group members’ networks, extensive sample surveys of local opinion and exhibitions that the residents arranged themselves…

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Dear all

We are contacting you to update you with important information regarding  the Knowle West Regeneration Plan.

Bristol City Council and consultants Urban Initiatives has been developing regeneration plans for Knowle West since the previous round of consultation during November 2009 (called the Knowle West Regeneration Framework).

The Council will be consulting again with local residents on these Regeneration Plans during October 2010 so that future improvements to Knowle West can be agreed. These 20-year regeneration plans could help unlock up to £500 million in local investment to bring improvements and benefits to local people…

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