Alex Seabrook

Local Democracy Reporter

A photo of Barton House tower block

Reports

Council still thinking about knocking down Barton House, months after residents’ return

Sources said options for the Barton House high-rise are still being weighed up after a report was commissioned into its possible demolition

Bristol local election candidates debate rent controls, mass transit and missing net zero goal

West of England mayor holds talks with Andy Burnham about bus franchising after local campaign

Reports

Police and council defend safeguarding app after calls to stop collecting info on vulnerable young people

A criminal justice campaign group has said use of the database is being kept from parents and guardians, but the council says it has helped protect hundreds of children.

A CGI image of the proposed Redcatch Quarter, which would replace the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in south Bristol.

Reports

Row over shopping centre demolition decision grinds on after government walks away from intervening

A fountain in front of City Hall in Bristol, a curved building

Reports

Bristol City Council slapped with warning over poor performance on freedom of information requests

Greens win council by-election and keep seat to stay largest party in Bristol

The party won the most votes in Bishopston and Ashley Down, ahead of Labour, in what could be the last electoral test before next May’s local elections.

Bristol won’t bring in parking levy to fund transport as council forced to publish report

Mayor Marvin Rees has again hit out at sceptics of plans for a Bristol underground, and said smaller schemes won't do enough to give us the public transport we need.

Plans for 144 homes at South Bristol wildlife haven on dangerously steep hill are rejected

Developers’ proposals to build the new houses and apartments on the Western Slopes in Knowle West have been refused over road safety concerns and how steep the hill is

South Bristol shopping centre will be knocked down after planning councillors’ shock U-turn

Opposition councillors slammed a decision to redevelop the Broadwalk Shopping Centre after a developer said it could deliver extra affordable homes there – although no promises were made.

Bristol council asks government for powers to control rents and tackle housing crisis

The local authority should have the ability to cap how much landlords can increase rents, an expert commission on renting in the city says.

Bristol Zoo: Plans approved for nearly 200 homes despite huge public opposition

Almost 10,000 petitioners urged Bristol City Council to refuse planning permission for the scheme.