South Gloucestershire
Welcome to the South Gloucestershire section of the CPRE website. We are one of the four districts of the Avonside Branch and cover the same area as the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire Council.
The South Gloucestershire Area
South Gloucestershire stretches from the River Severn (both of the Severn Crossings are in South Gloucestershire) and reaches almost the edge of Bath, including the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty around Marshfield and Cold Ashton.
The northern boundary lies beyond Falfield and reaches the edge of the Cotswolds AONB including the villages of Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton. The southern boundary skirts Bristol with the home of the aerospace industry at Filton and Patchway.
The area is diverse with large new developments including Bradley Stoke and Emersons Green and old market towns such as Chipping Sodbury and Thornbury.
It’s Your World
Members of the South Gloucestershire District committee had a stall at the ‘It’s Your World’ environmental awareness event held at Yate leisure centre on Saturday October 16th 2010.
Issues and Campaigns
- Housing in South Gloucestershire
- South Gloucestershire Local Development Framework
- Green Belt
- Local Food
- Stop the drop Anti-Litter and Fly Tipping
AGM 2011 and Committee 2011/12
Our AGM was held on 19th March 2011 at Winterbourne Medieval Barn. As there were no new nominations for the committee, Marilyn Palmer was re-elected as Chairman and Hilary Severn as Vice-Chair. Gerry Philp continues as Secretary.
Our Committee is rather depleted as sadly we have lost some key committee members in the past few years, including Sue Gawler, our former Chairman. Les Forrest, the Hon Treasurer of Avonside Branch continues to monitor our finances. It was stressed at the meeting how important it is to have new members coming forward, both as volunteers to help the Committee with their work, but also to help us maintain credibility that we are speaking for a substantial body of members when we respond to planning applications or to council consultations on planning matters.
Click here to read the South Gloucestershire Chair’s Annual Report Nov 2009 – March 2011
The business of the AGM was followed by an extremely interesting talk by Richard Spalding, Trustee of the Barn, about its history and the ongoing restoration work. Members were then taken of a tour of the Barn site where they could see work in progress.
Support Us
Our precious local countryside needs your help more than ever. Our committee is very small at a time when we need to challenge the threats to the area from proposed major developments. If you would like to support CPRE by becoming a member, please go to the Contact Us page. If you are already a member and would like to take a more active role in your local District we would be very pleased to hear from you even if you only have a small amount of time to spare, perhaps to write a letter or look at a planning application in an area you are familiar with. You don’t need to be an expert and we can offer guidance on how to do it!