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Revised plans submitted for Bradley Stoke Way apartments scheme

Woodstock Homes has submitted revised plans for its application to build a two-block apartment scheme on land at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way. Following discussions with South Glos Council, the applicant has now revised its plans to reduce the number of apartments from 57 to 50, in order to “create space on the ground for additional parking and an offset from Bradley Stoke Way”.

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Council designates Woodlands Golf Course “preferred site” for 1,750 homes

The likelihood that thousands of new homes will be built on Woodlands Golf Course near Bradley Stoke has increased after the location was identified as a ‘preferred site’ in the latest draft of South Gloucestershire Council’s emerging Local Plan. Local Conservative councillors have opposed building on the golf course site, saying it will be “enormously damaging for Bradley Stoke” and lead to “traffic chaos”.

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Planning application imminent for 1,750 homes at Woodlands Golf Course

A speculative planning application to build thousands of homes on the Woodlands Golf Course site near Bradley Stoke looks likely to be submitted within months after the developer behind the scheme launched a pre-application public consultation. The primary access into the site will be provided off Trench Lane, with another access provided from Hortham Lane / Gaunt’s Earthcott Lane to the north.

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Decision on Bradley Stoke Way apartment blocks “unlikely until spring 2024”

A decision on a controversial planning application for the construction of two 4-storey apartment blocks on Bradley Stoke Way is unlikely to be made until next spring, the Journal can reveal. The application has so far attracted 51 comments of objection, with none in support. Included in the list of objectors are Bradley Stoke Town Council and one of the two ward councillors for Bradley Stoke South.

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Planning application submitted for 57-unit apartment blocks on Bradley Stoke Way

A formal planning application has now been submitted for a proposed development of 57 one- and two-bedroom apartments on land at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way. Woodstock Homes, a privately owned developer based in the South West, wants to build two 4-storey apartment blocks on a triangular-shaped area of “low quality grassland” opposite the junction with The Worthys.

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Travellers Rest site back on the market as social housing scheme falls through

A boarded-up public house on the A38 Gloucester Road is back on the market after a housing association abandoned tentative plans to build 27 affordable apartments on the site. Bromford conducted a 3-week public consultation on its proposals for the Travellers Rest site back in April as a precursor to submitting a formal planning application to South Gloucestershire Council…

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