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Secretary of State for Transport weighs in on Thornbury High street
How open and transparent is South Glos Council?
The following are amongst questions posed by a Thornbury resident as a Freedom of Information request, and the answers are those given and signed off by Donna Whinham for South Glos Council. Q: Under the Open Government Policy (OGP) - openness, transparency and public...
Council sidesteps the issues
A Thornbury resident wrote to Toby Savage on 19 June 2022, asking for answers on several issues connected with the Council’s Thornbury High Street plans. The answer came back on 12 October 2022, nearly four months later. How did Toby Savage respond? Actually, he...
TTADRA issues a formal complaint against South Glos Council
A formal complaint has now been lodged by TTADRA with South Glos Council, on the basis that the Council did not comply with UK Government statutory guidance regarding consultation with the emergency services over its plans for the centre of Thornbury. That failure by...
Thornbury High Street consultation shambles
Thornbury Town and District Residents Association (TTADRA) has now received confirmation from South Glos Council (SGC) and all three emergency services, that there was never specific consultation over the use of Thornbury High Street by emergency vehicles. In April...
Meeting with Metro Mayor Dan Norris
The Metro Mayor, Dan Norris, visited Thornbury Leisure Centre last night, 27 July, to meet with local residents and to listen to their concerns, so that he would be aware of them and take action where possible. Speaking without notes for the entire session, he started...
Residents’ Association anger at Lib Dem Newsletter item
An article, headed “Parish Poll Shambles” in the latest LibDem newsletter, Focus, has elicited an angry response from TTADRA. The summer edition of Focus has started to hit the doormats of Thornbury homes. The front page includes an article on the Parish Poll, which...
High Street & Toby
There is an article on page 10 in today's Daily Telegraph (29th May 2022) about the High Street and Toby Savage's refusal to be interviewed. Whilst you can pick up a copy of the paper at your local newsagent - News 4 U has some additional copies for sale - without...
Youtube video of ParishPoll
Here is a link to a youtube video which one of our members has put together of the Parish Poll on 26th May https://youtu.be/ble85yYeFnk Hope you like it
Result of Parish Poll 26th May
Parish Poll Result for Thornbury High Street 26th May 2022 A resounding YES vote was given by the residents of Thornbury yesterday in favour of the TTaDRA motion Do you want Thornbury High Street returned to its pre-pandemic status of through traffic for all vehicles...