A collection of office buildings on a large site in north Bradley Stoke looks set to be demolished to make way for a care home after South Gloucestershire Council granted outline planning permission for a proposed redevelopment scheme. Under the plans, Fountain Court, a group of five two-storey office blocks on the north side of Woodlands Lane, located between Woodlands
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‘Drop-in’ consultation event on council’s 13-year detailed planning document
A ‘drop in’ public consultation event at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre on Tuesday (15th July) will give residents a chance to express their views on how Bradley Stoke and other parishes across South Gloucestershire should be developed, protected and improved over the next 13 years. The event focuses on South Gloucestershire Council’s recently-published draft Policies, Sites and Places Plan, which
Continue readingPlanning application submitted for primary school on BSCS site
A formal planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council for the erection of a new primary school within the grounds of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). As previously reported in The Journal, the new ‘primary phase’ building will be located on an area of land that is currently used as a secondary car park, located between the school’s
Continue readingExhibition on council’s vision for 5,700 home ‘new neighbourhood’ at Cribbs/Patchway
Local residents have a chance to find out more about South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) vision for a 5,700 home ‘new neighbourhood’ on and around the former Filton Airfield site at an exhibition being held today (Thursday 6th February) in Patchway. The council is currently staging a public consultation on its draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the Cribbs/Patchway New Neighbourhood,
Continue readingMayor fails to fend off roundabout advertising
Bradley Stoke Mayor Brian Hopkinson has failed in his bid to prevent planning permission being granted for the installation of advertising signs on some of the town’s roundabouts. Under its Income Maximisation project, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) decided in December 2012 that it would seek to generate income of around £180k p.a. from selling advertising space on council owned assets
Continue readingTown council objects to SGC’s plan for advertising on Savages Wood Roundabout
Members of Bradley Stoke Council’s Planning Committee have objected to plans put forward by a company working on behalf of South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to install advertising signs on a local roundabout. Under its Income Maximisation project, SGC decided in December 2012 that it would seek to generate income of around £180k p.a. from selling advertising space on council owned
Continue readingPlanners give green light for new family restaurant and pub
Planning officers at South Gloucesterhsire Council (SGC) have granted permission for a new family restaurant and public house to be built at the Vantage Office Park in the south-east corner of Bradley Stoke. The site, on the corner of Winterbourne Road and Old Gloucester Road (opposite the Amcor plant), is currently vacant but has outline planning permission for office use.
Continue readingTesco returns with second planning application for ‘Click & Collect’ unit
Supermarket giant Tesco has submitted a second planning application for a ‘Click & Collect’ unit in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre, six weeks after withdrawing a previous application that was criticised by the town council for being “against the spirit of the original planning permission for the site”. The ‘Click & Collect’ service allows customers
Continue readingTesco withdraws Willow Brook ‘Click & Collect’ planning application
A planning application for the construction of a Tesco ‘Click & Collect’ unit in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has been withdrawn following objections about its proximity to nearby residential properties. The supermarket giant had wanted to build the customer collection ‘pod’ at a site on the northern boundary of the car park, immediately behind
Continue readingTown council objects to plans for Tesco ‘Click & Collect’ facility
Bradley Stoke Town Council has lodged an objection to a plan by Tesco to construct a ‘Click & Collect’ unit in the car park of its Willow Brook Centre store. The company wants to build the customer collection ‘pod’ at a site on the northern boundary of the car park, immediately behind houses in Dewfalls Drive. The ‘Click & Collect’
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