Progress ion renaming streets named after Edward Colston
Dear Bristol City Council,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Following the statue of Edward Colston being torn down and dunked in the city docks, the Bristol Post reported in December 2020 that two city centre streets - Colston Street and Colston Avenue - were to have their old medieval street names restored.
What progress has been made on these proposals since that date?
In addition, there is a Colston Road in Easton, which is so popular a nomenclature with local residents that it has been painted over.
What plans and progress have been made to date on renaming it?
Yours faithfully,
Steve Woods
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Dear Bristol City Council,
Once again you have not had the courtesy to respond to my FoI request within the statutory time limit of 20 days.
This delay in responding is so regular, it would appear that not replying within the specified term has been adopted as the authority's standard working practice.
If no response to this overdue request is received by close of business on Friday 26th May, I shall be lodging a formal complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Woods
Dear Steve Woods,
Freedom of Information Act (2000)
We require that all property owners on a given street provide their
consent for its name to be changed, as such a move incurs administrative
costs for those individuals/businesses to change legal documents etc. We
have no plans to change this position.
We would therefore need to see overwhelming support from property owners
on a given road in order to consider contacting all of them to confirm
their unanimous consent to begin the process of changing their street's
name. This has not happened for any of the roads that your request
mentioned.
Your case has been closed as of today's date. Please quote the reference
number 35440353 in any future communications.
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right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
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Bristol City Council
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