Firstly, Monday and Tuesday saw a joint operation between Stroud Town Council, Stroud District Council and Gloucestershire County Council to raise the appearance of the town. From clearing excessive weeds to litter picking, removing graffiti to checking businesses have adequate waste contracts in place - the tiers of council worked together to make a real improvement. None of this happened because of a single meeting or a comment on a Facebook post moaning “what about here?” .
.. Council Officers across the board have been negotiating the allocation of work and hotspots, prioritising and putting together a plan of action - Councillors have helped encourage this too.
It wasn’t a “let’s just throw some resources at it” thing - which is good as that would be far less effective. If we can work together to raise the standard, it makes it easier to maintain. If you spot something that needs attention, you can help by reporting it at www.
stroud.gov.uk/report-it/ (fly tipping, dumped litter, graffiti, overflowing bins) or fixmystreet.
gloucestershire.gov.uk/ (pavements, roads, potholes, overgrown trees).
That’s how we can all play out part in helping draw attention to problems and make those “heat maps” work for us all. Wednesday night saw a fire take hold of an outbuilding on the former Market Tavern site. This site has been empty for some time and the owners continue to follow process through planning to redevelop the site - having recently held a consultation on pl.