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08-Aug-08
Westleaze W.I.
Depart Long Ashton @ 8 a.m.

08-Aug-08
The Joy Of Sax
Church House, Long Ashton Road

06-Sep-08
Annual Flower Show
Village Hall

08-Oct-08
A Walk to Remember
Ashton Court

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Green belt - could be relaxed in places Welcoming new residents - produce a welcome pack such as that delivered by the parish church Farmers markets should include local farmers to showcase their produce one stop shop - could that be the library and open more? the co-op site + car park should be regenerated / redeveloped could provide a new centre for this end of the village where better new fac ilites are needed to serve the new and growing population
tagged with: community centre   farmers market   green belt   library   shops   welcome pack  
I feel very strongly about retaining the existing green belt areas and I would strongly oppose Long Ashton being part of Bristol. I think that it would be better to have more intensive housing which is well designed and modern and save the green belt areas.
tagged with: green belt  
Concerned about traffic and speeding esp. on main road. Consider traffic calming measures at all entrances of village plus speed warning signs, cameras etc. but NOT speed bumps. Discourage lorries but SatNav is to blame here. Heavy plant for new development should avoid rush hour which it does not at present. Yellow lines not the answer - it clears the road and encourages speeding. How about zebra crossing near post-office? Availability of medical facilities needs reviewing especially in light of preventative medicine and wellbeing clinics being encourages. Keep the Greenbelt! S106 agreements bring little advantage and more grief than bebefit. Need to be stronger on large-scale developments.
tagged with: green belt   medical facilities   s106 agreements   speeding   traffic   traffic calming   yellow lines   zebra crossings  
Long Ashton must definitiely remain administratively separate from Bristol. Not to do so would be the end of the green belt around Long Ashton. I also prefer the services offered by North Somerset. Secondly, parking on the main road is becoming a serious issue; in particular on the road outside Church House and the opposite side of the road because people are too lazy to walk from the new car park. A definite area for double yellow lines. Another area is the main road outside the new houses on the research station land. Again yellow lines nedded and this should be a problem for the developers to sort out. I trust they are going to resurface the road there once the houses are built.
tagged with: green belt   main road   parking  
Use the research station ground at the back of Fenswood rd as a habitat for wild life. I don't think there is enough places for wild life and walkways around. I have bad feet so it would be helpful to have a green belt around the area
tagged with: environment   green belt  
Street lighting could be improved on the main road. Green belt is very important at the Bristol end. Traffic calming is needed at both ends of the main road. The Bus times could be enclosed in the village newsletter. The paving by the coop and pizza shop is appalling. People are parking by thenew houses on the main road, this is going to cause an accident. Flowers/planting in front of the Bristish Legion would be good. Recycling bins for plastics would be better than nothing.
tagged with: bus service   green belt   parking   pavements   planting   plastic recycling bins   street lighting   traffic calming  
Really need to sort out the anti-social elements and police should undertake this. The village should be made safer. The village boundary and green belf MUST be protected from the creep of Bristol AND the commercial and residential development through the valley. The more recent decisions of the council seem to not take any notice of residents. There should be better use and development of green areas for use by residents of all ages. For instance the new housing in the village (Bristol end) didn't properly provide areas for play and enjoyment. Council allowed the creation of a tasteless estate. In next 5 years would like to see LA become a prettier village with a greater community sense of pride, no massive housing sprawl projects, and adequate support for local businesses. The Co-op area is in dire need of changing but this is possibly more to do with the level of yobbish behaviour.
tagged with: antisocial behaviour   community pride   green belt   open space  
Maintain green belt maintain LA as village with sense of communityu no more development railway station cyle lane that goes to Bristol city centre more pedestrian crossings more double yellow lines less anti-social behaviour especially around co-op more green space
tagged with: antisocial behaviour   community   cycle paths   development   green belt   green space   pedestrian crossings   railway station   village   yellow lines  
Seems a good community Do NOT close off Providence during rush hour, as traffic out of village slow enough already Keep the Greenbelt Co-op needs to improve - lack of competition and choice and expensive
tagged with: coomunity   green belt   shops   traffic  
20mph signs by sschool in Yableigh Lane traffic calming in Glebe road and replacements of zig zags at end of road protection of Green Belt
tagged with: green belt   traffic calming  
proposed link road threatens to close the gap between Bristol and Long Ashton
tagged with: green belt   road link  
Please:- 1 Make the most of our remaining open spaces and green playing fields. Preserve our trees and the lovely rural views 2 Preserve village boundaries and avoid loss of green belt ares to developers. 3 Firm planning restrictions to stop new tall buildings or large extensions. Preserve building line and road vision. 4 retain our library services, Post Office, shops & services 5 Preserve existing roadside kerb parking but ban double parking on bends & narrow road sections. 6 maintain our recycling & waste collections together wiith road repair and drain clearance.
tagged with: green belt   parking   recycling  
We need at least one good supermarket not the cobbled together excuse for shopping we have at present. Due mainly to lack of competition. Long Ashton deserves better. NO MORE BUILDING PLEASE! long Ashton is a green and pleasant place, lets keep it that way. Thanks to parish Council & volunteers for their work
tagged with: green belt  
the current state of litter around the co-op is unacceptable. it should be the co-op's responsibility to the community to deal with this on a daily basis. the car park at the co-op is also an eyesore - this whole area so central to the village blights it - a great pity. it seems very unlikely that more businesses established in the village will reduce traffic, the opposite is likely when the offices/units start to be occupied on the Research station site. our main concerns regarding the village relate to: - car parking on roads; - cars speeding; - litter; - poor regulation of new developments -unsightly horadings, flags, etc on development sites - filthy roads from muddy vehicles; - future strain on village medical services with increased population; - the lack of a 'focus' on the main street - this should be at the co-op - but the whole area aorund lets the village down.
tagged with: green belt   litter   medical services   parking   speeding  

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