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Tuesday 10th October 2023 SH (Editor)

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.

Photo of the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club overlaid with an image from the front cover of South Gloucestershire Council's Emerging Local Plan (2023).

Wednesday 30th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Might golf course homes scheme now resurface?

A development company’s promotion of Woodlands Golf Course as a potential site for up to 2,000 new homes could be given renewed impetus following the news that a strategic housing plan has effectively been thrown out by government inspectors. South West Strategic Developments Ltd (SWSD) put forward the Trench Lane site as a candidate for large-scale housing development when the

Photo of Cllr Brian Allinson holding JSP consultation documents.

Monday 14th October 2019 SH (Editor)

West of England councils told to start again on strategic housing plan

A masterplan that defines the strategy for delivering 105,000 new homes across the West of England by 2036 lies in tatters after government inspectors recommended that it should be rewritten from the ground up. The Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) was worked on by the councils of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire over a

Photo of Bradley Stoke South ward councillors Roger Avenin (left) and John Ashe standing in front of a sign at the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club.

Wednesday 30th January 2019 SH (Editor)

New petition launched against proposals for 2,000 homes at Woodlands Golf Course

Two local councillors have launched a second petition against a developer’s plan to build 2,000 new homes on the site of a golf course on the borders of Bradley Stoke. The proposals for the development of Woodlands Golf Course are not supported by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) as they fail to fit in with the strategic vision for the region

Friday 19th October 2018 SH (Editor)

Delay may benefit golf course homes scheme

The ‘examination in public’ of a crucial strategic planning document which designates acceptable sites for major housing developments in the West of England over the next 18 years has been delayed by several months after independent inspectors appointed by the government requested additional information from the area’s four councils. The delay could give the promoter of a scheme to build

Map showing the site of the proposed Woodlands Garden Village.

Sunday 26th August 2018 SH (Editor)

Councillors raise concerns over developer’s plan for 2,000 homes at Woodlands Golf Course

Local Conservative councillors John Ashe and Roger Avenin are raising awareness of a land development company’s continued efforts to have the Woodlands Golf Course site included in a crucial strategic planning document, potentially opening the way for 2,000 new homes to be built at this location. One of the purposes of the West of England Councils’ Joint Spatial Plan (JSP)