North Somerset Council has been urged to act to help provide more support to people sleeping rough on our streets. Councillor Mike Bell, leader of the Liberal Democrats on North Somerset Council, highlighted the growing number of people sleeping rough in the district at a meeting of the council tonight (9th January 2018). Councillor Bell […]

Nearly 7,000 working age households in North Somerset who have a low income or no income will soon have to pay more council tax. Low income households will have to pay more council tax after Conservative controlled North Somerset Council voted to increase the minimum payment required under the council tax support scheme from 24.5% […]

Local councillors Mike Bell and Robert Payne have been inundated with comments about the parking situation. Despite the return of parking wardens, the situation doesn’t seem to have improved for many people – and for some it has got worse. Tell us what you think by completing our our parking survey. Councillor Mike Bell said: […]

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Conservative Councillors blocked a proposal from Central Ward Councillor Mike Bell for action to address parking problems faced by people living in the town centre area at a council meeting last night. Following the introduction of a pay and display parking zone in 2012, which significantly curtailed parking for hundreds of town centre residents, the […]

A key public space in Weston-super-Mare town centre is to be transformed. North Somerset Council has commissioned an experienced and innovative landscape team to enhance Weston Town Square and the Italian Gardens. Building Design Partnership (BDP), a major international practice of architects and designers, will redesign the prominent but under-used town centre space. Weston Central […]

Weston’s GP services have been plunged into a ‘crisis’, with many patients unable to see the same doctor twice and surgeries pushed to the brink financially – while the organisation which could fix the problem stands accused of ignoring the town. Campaigners say there are not enough GPs in the town centre to meet ever-increasing […]

Foodbanks across the West of England have teamed up with their local councils to offer anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust’s Eat Well, Spend Less cookery and budgeting courses to local people. This is part of a campaign to promote the national Love Food Hate Waste message across the area to tackle the amount of food […]

A project to develop a new creative hub in central Weston-super-Mare has been successful in a bid for funding. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, has awarded a £460,000 grant to North Somerset Council to support the purchase and development of the new creative hub. The hub, which will be housed in the Badger […]

In March 2015 North Somerset Council published the Prospectus for Change. This document set out ambitious plans for the town centre to create a lively university town where people want to live, learn and spend their leisure time. The vision aims to deliver a stronger, vibrant and prosperous town centre better equipped to deal with current and future […]