The Council is responsible for granting licences to pubs, clubs, events and people. Under the Licensing Act 2003, the Council has to review its Statement of Licensing Policy every three years.

The Council is inviting residents to comment on the draft policy. The deadline for comments is noon Friday 22nd October 2010.

The Council consults Council Tax payers each year before agreeing its budget and council tax. This is your opportunity to comment on the Council’s priorities, its council tax and proposals to improve services and increase efficiency.

The proposals include:

• Traffic lights to control the traffic on all the main approaches to the junction, with the exception of Leisure Road which will remain under give way operation.
• The Ring Road is to be widened to three lanes on both approaches to the junction to provide separate dedicated lanes for turning traffic towards the retail parks.
• The Marsham Way approach to the junction is to be widened to three lanes to provide an extra lane for turning traffic onto the Ring Road.

Cycling City Route 15 will provide a new north/south link between the Bristol & Bath path at Coxgrove Hill and Station Road, Yate. The route will generally follow the rail corridor using disused railway track, run along field boundaries and existing public rights of way and public highway.

The consultation runs from 28th Septemebr 2009 until 26th October 2009.

It is proposed to build a contemporary, eco-friendly cafe on the side of Yate Leisure Centre at the Morrisons end.

A display on the proposals for the Youth Cafe will be mounted in the upstairs foyer of Yate Leisure Centre from 1 – 11 September 2009 and an ‘at home’ event is being held from 2.00pm to 8.30pm on Tuesday 8 September where the Architects, representatives of Yate Town Council and South Gloucestershire Council will be in attendance to answer any queries.

It is proposed to install on Westerleigh Road a solar powered vehicle activated sign which will display 30 to westbound vehicles who are exceeding the speed limit. A ‘Side Road Ahead’ sign will also be installed on the lamp column outside house number 140.

The aim of these measures is to improve road safety on the approach to the junction of Westbourne Road.

Cycling City Route 8 will provide a clear north/south link between all the existing local amenities and facilities in the area including a route through the shopping centre connecting to schools, library, cafes restaurants and green spaces. It will also connect to the Bristol to Bath path via a route across Rodway Hill and later join up with a new route to Yate.