Work on the construction of a new MS Therapy Centre on a site between Bradley Stoke Way and Wheatfield Drive finally got underway this week after years of funding crises and planning wrangles. The first planning application for the centre was made in September 2001 but this was not approved until June 2007, subject to a clause that required access
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Work to begin on Wheatfield Drive MS Therapy Centre
BBC Bristol reports that work on a new MS Therapy Centre planned for a site between Bradley Stoke Stoke Way and Wheatfield Drive is to begin “by the end of May”. The project caused controversy when the applicant, Moonstone Appeal, submitted revised plans that proposed access to the site from Wheatfield Drive rather than Bradley Stoke Way, as had been
Continue readingCharity wins appeal in MS therapy centre planning row
A charity looking to build an MS therapy centre and respite care facility on land adjacent to Wheatfield Primary School has won its appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) decision to refuse planning permission. Permission to build the therapy centre was granted in November 2009, subject to a condition that the site be accessed exclusively from Bradley Stoke Way –
Continue readingCouncil rejects MS therapy centre’s Wheatfield Drive access plan
South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Development Contol (West) Committee has rejected an application by the developers of a proposed new MS therapy centre in Bradley Stoke to allow access to the site from Wheatfield Drive. In making the decision, members of the Committee (which includes two Bradley Stoke Councillors) ignored a recommendation from planning officers that the application should be approved
Continue readingCouncillors to inspect Wheatfield MS therapy centre site
Councillors on South Gloucestershire’s (SGC’s) Development Control (West) Committee are to visit the site of a proposed MS therapy centre off Wheatfield Drive on Friday morning (11th June). The site visit, scheduled for 9:45am, has been arranged after Bradley Stoke SGC Councillor Brian Hopkinson “called in” the planning application “in order to allow members to consider the highway safety issues”.
Continue readingMS therapy centre planning application goes to appeal after Council fails to decide
A controversial planning application for the construction of a respite care centre on land off Wheatfield Drive has gone to appeal after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) failed to determine the case within the required eight week period. The application, registered with SGC on 26th February, angered local residents and Town Councillors because it altered access arrangements established in an earlier
Continue readingTherapy centre access plan gets thumbs down from residents
Plans for an MS therapy centre and an associated respite care centre on land between Wheatfield Drive and Bradley Stoke Way have attracted more than twenty consultation replies from individuals and organisations concerned about the proposed vehicular access arrangements for the two facilities. An earlier planning application for the MS therapy centre stated that access would be off Bradley Stoke
Continue readingU-turn over access to proposed Wheatfield Drive therapy centre
A charity looking to build an MS Therapy Centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way has made a U-turn over the proposed arrangements for vehicular access into the site. In plans approved last year, the Moonstone Appeal said it would construct a new ‘left in, left out’ access road into the site from Bradley Stoke Way. This arrangement was consistent
Continue readingConstruction of MS Therapy Centre set to start this month
Construction of a new Multiple Sclerosis Therapy centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way could start before the end of the month according to a planning document published by SouthGloucestershire Council (SGC). Planning officials recommended that the project be given the go-ahead earlier this month and their decision has now been confirmed after Council members chose not to “call in”
Continue readingCouncil officers recommend approval of MS Therapy Centre plans
Officials at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) have recommended that plans for the construction of a new Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre on land off Bradley Stoke Way be given the green light. The Moonstone Appeal wants to build the centre as a replacement for the existing West of England MS Therapy Centre in Nailsea, which it claims is poorly located and
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