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Carmelo Garcia

Local Democracy Reporter at Gloucestershire Live

Local democracy reporter for Gloucestershire based at @GlosLiveOnline Got a story? 📩 [email protected] | #COYS

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  • 3 days ago | gazetteseries.co.uk | Carmelo Garcia

    Belong Learning has been refused permission to change the use of Wild Goose Lodge, a former youth hostel, into a special educational needs and disabilities school in Slimbridge. The proposals were for the school to have up to 30 members of staff and and for between 25 to 36 pupils with ages ranging from 11 to 17 at Shepherds Patch.

  • 3 days ago | gazetteseries.co.uk | Carmelo Garcia

    4 1/1 A CONTROVERSIAL bid to change the design of a planned 36-megawatt battery storage site near Slimbridge Wetland Centre has been rejected. Plans for 24 battery storage containers and inverters, 132kw transformer and a small substation were approved last year. But Slimbridge Energy Ltd sought permission to rotate the transformer by 180 degrees and increase the substation’s size on the almost two-acre site north of Kingston Road.

  • 3 days ago | gloucestershirelive.co.uk | Carmelo Garcia

    A Gloucester city centre “eyesore” will be secured to stop people from trespassing and further vandalising the building. Several people have complained to Gloucester City Council over antisocial behaviour and unauthorised access to the vacant Spread Eagle Court in Northgate Street. And City Council officers have now inspected the privately-owned building and found several hazards and forced entry points.

  • 3 days ago | gloucestershirelive.co.uk | Carmelo Garcia

    The scrapping of a popular police scheme which “saved children from a life of crime" has been blasted as a "betrayal" amid calls from a leading Cheltenham civic chief for the decision to be reversed. The Aston Project, a community focused initiative that identifies at-risk young people and links them with resources or activities within their communities, was set up in 2011 and renamed after the late neighbourhood police constable Lynn Aston.

  • 4 days ago | bbc.com | Carmelo Garcia

    Concern over city centre cycle route disruptionCarmelo GarciaLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceCarmelo Garcia/LDRSThe works, which have been arranged by Gloucestershire County Council, involved the removal of historic railings and paving slabsConcerns have been raised about the impact the construction of a new cycle lane is having on Gloucester city centre. Work has begun to install the new lane on Northgate Street, with railings, paving stones and benches being removed as part of the process..

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Carmelo Garcia
Carmelo Garcia @CarmeloGarc1a
7 Jun 25

Cheltenham man 'alarmed' to find his family home included 'without consent' in huge M5 housing scheme https://t.co/rqLBPZgMYf #LDReporter #Gloucestershire

Carmelo Garcia
Carmelo Garcia @CarmeloGarc1a
29 May 25

Bid to build new satellite town of 4,115 homes near M5 clears second hurdle to get green light 🏘️https://t.co/Zktky3m0tM #LDReporter #Gloucestershire https://t.co/e9oVWCyhnH

Carmelo Garcia
Carmelo Garcia @CarmeloGarc1a
29 May 25

Gloucester Lib Dems' weakness at council helm exposed amid reliance on Tory and Labour votes to approve city vision https://t.co/QbGPDGK3Ni #LDReporter #Gloucestershire https://t.co/x4paSCXbTS