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"Committee Confusion" and "Secret" Enforcements

At the "Development Control B Committee" held on 27/08/2025 there was a short discussion about Planning Breaches and Enforcement. Please Note: The "Development Control Committees" are changing their names to "Planning Committees". This is being done "as a helpful move forward

New Bristol Uncovered News Report (good for phones)

I am aware that people need to view my reports on a full size screen and that they are not really legible on a phone screen. So I have published a new report that just shows all the key news items from Bristol Uncovered for the last 14 days. and

Have you done the "Bristol Flag Trail" yet?

The Gromit Unleashed Trail finishes in a few days on 31 Aug 2025. But now you can follow the "Bristol Flag Trail" instead. Bristol City Council have published the locations of "Flags" that have been displayed on Lamp Posts and Roundabouts. They have done this by

Bristol Anti Migrant Protest

I am sure everyone is aware of the migration protest and counter protest that took place in Bristol this weekend. How were these protests reported and what did we learn from these reports? Mainstream Media Details of the actual protests were widely reported, but there wasn't any real

Taxi Forum Update

On 06/07/2025 I published an article : Bristol Taxi Crisis I reported that the Bristol Taxi Forum had not met since January 2024. This was based on the fact that Bristol City Council had not published the minutes from the Taxi Forum since January 2024. A few day ago

Clean Streets Enforcers make £523K in under 3 Years

Between 2023 and July 2025 3GS (on behalf of Bristol City Council) have issued £525,275 in Fixed Penalty Notices for offences under the "Clean Streets Enforcement Campaign". Insights £502,875 (96%) of all fines were for Littering. The top 3 Wards for fines were: * Central - with

Are 2,194 of our Council Homes missing?

Every year Bristol City Council publish a "Report for Tenants and Leaseholders". There is a lot of interesting information in these reports, but it is clear that they do not appear to be widely read as the report for last year was only downloaded 1,272 times. As

Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood News

Liveable Neighbourhoods are a hot topic in Bristol. I have produced a news report that brings together the mainstream media reports that you can see on Google News, and the community generated news that you will not see on Google News. You can find my "Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood News&

SBLN - Engagement Online Map Analysis (Part 1)

On 15/08/2025 Bristol City Council published a post on X: Suzanne Audrey responded to this post with: This comment refers to the Engagement Report (May 2025) which includes analysis of the responses received about the SBLN. This analysis includes some information about the 6,081 responses to the

How many "Beacons" is that?

Since the "Bristol Pound" disappeared in 2020, we have not had a local unit of currency in Bristol. I am proposing a new unit of currency for our city. A "Bristol Beacon" represents £132 million pounds. This value is based on the estimated cost of the

Bristol City Council In Court

I have been looking at information related to Bristol City Council and legal actions they have been involved in. I have now added a new set of reports to Bristol Uncovered (look for "The Law" button) to see the three new reports. Local Government Ombudsman Decisions This report

The Data Detectives at BCC

A recent news report on Bristol Live by one of our Local Democracy Reporters Alex Seabrook, covered the Audit Committee Meeting held on 28 Jul 2025 where Freedom of Information was discussed: Last year the Information Commissioner’s Office ordered Bristol City Council to get better at responding to freedom

94% of New Bristol Taxi License Applications made since Jan 2023 are still "In Progress"

There have been 2,830 Applications for Taxi Licences in Bristol between January 2023 and July 2025. Of these 46% (1,290) are Renewals and 54% (1,540) are New Applications. Of the 1,540 New Applications made in since January 2023 94% (1,445) are still "In Progress&

Ecological Emergency Update - Weedkillers and Knotweed

In 2019 Bristol City Council passed a Silver Motion "Delivering the phasing out of pesticide/weed-killers in Bristol" ending the use of such weed killers was a pledge in the Mayor Rees and Labour Party 2016 election vision statement. to request the Mayor to commission a report that