Residents of Berkeley, Alkington, Ham and Stone currently have to drive 13 miles to use the GCC tip in Horsley. The nearest public tip is in Thornbury 6.5 miles away. This makes no sense - it is an unnecessary cost, less environmentally efficient and affects almost every household. By making it more difficult to dispose of waste responsibly, the incidence of fly-tipping has increased which blights our landscape and is costly to remove. We want Gloucestershire County Council to work with South Glos Council and agree a system which will allow GCC residents to make use of the South Glos facilities. It is increasingly important that councils work together to ensure that residents who live on the border of the county do not lose the basic rights and access to amenities that are afforded to other tax payers.
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Reached 250 supporters
November 24, 2024
November 16, 2024
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people feel the same frustration about these travel distances. Seeing so many neighbors join this effort proves that we have been dealing with an unfair situation for far too long.
Reached 100 supporters
November 3, 2024
144 Comments
We live in Lower Stone but our post code Is GL12 8DJ. This code would leave us out of the GL13 group so we would still have to travel to Horsley! We sign the petition on the basis that we would be included and be able to use the centre in Thornbury
Thornbury is the principal town we use for shopping, we pay and use the leisure centre, we used the schools in Thornbury, so as cross border activities go, we should use the recycling centre. Wouldn't mind paying a fixed fee per year, a bit like the brown bin charge.
Thornbury is 6.2 miles from us in Berkeley; Horsley is 9.8 miles (and a time-consuming, frustrating trip through Dursley) . At every level it makes sense for us to use Thornbury: time, fuel, environmental impact.
Traveling all the way to Horsley to ditch household waste invites fly tipping as we quite often see in Hamfield Lane. In addition the extra traffic through Dursley must impact on the environment…..it’s ironic on both accounts that we need to travel so far to be environmentally sound by recycling!
I am disabled and never know when I’m going to be well enough and able.. I have nobody who can help, but having to book means I can’t access tip on rate good days… other places in other counties, have just gone back to normal
It makes complete sense.
It’s quite a trek to Horseley. Approx 15 mins to Thornbury
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Residents of Berkeley, Alkington, Ham and Stone currently have to drive 13 miles to use the GCC tip in Horsley. The nearest public tip is in Thornbury 6.5 miles away. This makes no sense - it is an unnecessary cost, less environmentally efficient and affects almost every household. By making it more difficult to dispose of waste responsibly, the incidence of fly-tipping has increased which blights our landscape and is costly to remove. We want Gloucestershire County Council to work with South Glos Council and agree a system which will allow GCC residents to make use of the South Glos facilities. It is increasingly important that councils work together to ensure that residents who live on the border of the county do not lose the basic rights and access to amenities that are afforded to other tax payers.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 24, 2024
November 16, 2024
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people feel the same frustration about these travel distances. Seeing so many neighbors join this effort proves that we have been dealing with an unfair situation for far too long.
Reached 100 supporters
November 3, 2024
144 Comments
Thornbury is my local town where my daughter goes to school and where I do all my shopping. I live only meters away from the dividing line that forces me to travel to Horsley, which is never anywhere remotely near my normal daily routine. We get frequent fly tipping in the lanes round where I live.
We live in Lower Stone but our post code Is GL12 8DJ. This code would leave us out of the GL13 group so we would still have to travel to Horsley! We sign the petition on the basis that we would be included and be able to use the centre in Thornbury
Thornbury is the principal town we use for shopping, we pay and use the leisure centre, we used the schools in Thornbury, so as cross border activities go, we should use the recycling centre. Wouldn't mind paying a fixed fee per year, a bit like the brown bin charge.
Thornbury is 6.2 miles from us in Berkeley; Horsley is 9.8 miles (and a time-consuming, frustrating trip through Dursley) . At every level it makes sense for us to use Thornbury: time, fuel, environmental impact.
Traveling all the way to Horsley to ditch household waste invites fly tipping as we quite often see in Hamfield Lane. In addition the extra traffic through Dursley must impact on the environment…..it’s ironic on both accounts that we need to travel so far to be environmentally sound by recycling!
I am disabled and never know when I’m going to be well enough and able.. I have nobody who can help, but having to book means I can’t access tip on rate good days… other places in other counties, have just gone back to normal
It makes complete sense.
It’s quite a trek to Horseley. Approx 15 mins to Thornbury
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Thornbury is my local town where my daughter goes to school and where I do all my shopping. I live only meters away from the dividing line that forces me to travel to Horsley, which is never anywhere remotely near my normal daily routine. We get frequent fly tipping in the lanes round where I live.