Welcome to Radstock Action Group
Radstock is the historic centre of the former North Somerset Coalfield. Its unique wildlife habitats, its acclaimed town centre, now a conservation area, its industrial heritage and its chances of a renewed rail-link are now under severe threat. [ read more ]
Upcoming RAG Meetings
All business meetings are on Wednesdays at 7.45pm in Radstock Methodist Church - everyone welcome. Please check this website for any changes.
Please note: Meeting on Wednesday 10th March will be held on Thursday 11th March instead.
Latest News 
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Press Release from Radstock Action Group - 7th March 2010
John Betty, Strategic Director for Development and Major Projects at BANES, will not be speaking at a public meeting which Radstock Action Group had scheduled for 17 March.
Apologies to everyone who was looking forward to this and who might have adjusted their arrangements accordin
He will still be visiting Radstock on 17 March to look round the town and to have a 'round table discussion' with Radstock Action Group members. A full account of the discussions will be posted on the website as soon as possible after the meeting.
Membership of Radstock Action Group is open to everyone who supports the aims of the organisation. Further details are available on the website or by contacting the secretary, Amanda Leon direct.
For information on future meetings, please visit the webite.
Amanda Leon
Secretary, Radstock Action Group
RAG's response to the consultation document on forthcoming tenders for supported bus services - 25th February 2010
Click here to download the document (34Kb pdf)
RAG nomination for officers and committee members to serve 2010–2011 - 9th February 2010
Click here to download the nomination form (24Kb pdf)
Radstock Action Group response to the Spatial Options Core Strategy consultation document - 18th January 2010
Click here to download the response document (180Kb pdf)
PRESS RELEASE: Open Letter to the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) - 20th December 2009
Radstock Action Group first expressed its concern about the RTPI National Awards back in November when the Somerset Guardian revealed that LDA Design, NRR's design partner for the Radstock Railway Land, had nominated itself for a national award for regeneration activity.
The story won't go away and, though it didn't win the regional prize, LDA Planning did get a regional commendation, as reported in the Somerset Guardian of 17 December. Beware, the nomination for a national award still stands ...... but they cannot be serious.
We have now written an open letter to the President of the RTPI pointing out some of the major contradictions in this saga and inviting them to talk to us, or at the very least consider our comments on some of the grosser breaches of their own criteria for giving awards. And our view that taking such a poorly constructed proposal seriously could reflect very badly on a prestigious organisation like the RTPI. The NRR proposals for the Radstock Railway Land will lead inevitably to further degeneration of our town, not the regeneration which we all continue to work for.
We shall be forwarding a copy of our letter to the HRH the Prince of Wales who is the patron of the RTPI.
We look forward to hearing that the nomination has been consigned to the category of 'also ran' - perhaps there could be a special award for sheer cheek in nominating your own organisation for a proposal which so manifestly doesn't have the public backing claimed by the RTPI and Cate Mack of NRR.
Happy Christmas!
Amanda Leon
Secretary, Radstock Action Group
Click here to download the open letter (51Kb pdf).
If you wish to financially support the work of the Group, please send a cheque, made payable to RADSTOCK ACTION GROUP, to The Treasurer, RAG, The Gables, Whitecross, Hallatrow, Bristol BS39 6ER. (If you would like to receive a receipt, please include your name and address.)
