A new Starbucks store, operated by regional licensee Cobra Coffee, will be opening at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke tomorrow (Wednesday 14th December), creating 17 new jobs in the local community. This will be the sixth Starbucks store in and around Bristol operated by Cobra Coffee, which is owned by Southern Co-op.
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Work gets under way on McDonald’s & Starbucks units at Willow Brook
Work has started on the construction of two new fast food & drink restaurants, both with drive-through facilities, at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The foundation pads for the McDonald’s building are already in place. The work is expected to take six months to complete, indicating an anticipated opening date of August.
Continue readingBradley Stoke McDonald’s could be open by August
Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has confirmed that work is about to start on the construction of two controversial fast food & drink restaurants, both with drive-through facilities, that were granted planning permission on appeal in January 2020. If all goes to plan, the McDonald’s and Starbucks units could be open by August.
Continue reading[Letter] What are they doing to our town centre?
Cllr Roger Avenin asks: “How did such a down-market development such as McDonald’s and Starbucks come to be foisted upon our town?”
Continue readingCouncillors overruled: McDonald’s and Starbucks drive-throughs allowed on appeal
Editor’s note: This article, first published in our February magazine, is an extended version of an earlier website article that was published on 16th January 2020 (the day the planning inspector’s report was released). Bradley Stoke looks set to get two new drive-through and sit-in fast food restaurants after a planning inspector allowed an appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s decision
Continue readingPermission granted for McDonald’s and Starbucks drive-throughs at Willow Brook
Bradley Stoke looks set to get two new drive-through and sit-in fast food restaurants after a planning inspector allowed an appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s decision to refuse permission for development at the town’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The inspector’s decision means that ‘full’ permission has been granted for a two-storey McDonald’s restaurant and a single-storey Starbucks coffee shop, both
Continue readingParties submit cases in McDonald’s appeal
The parties involved in the Willow Brook Centre’s appeal against a decision to refuse planning permission for additional development at the town centre site have been making their final written submissions to the Planning Inspectorate. The centre wants to build two new drive-through food and drink units (foreseen to be occupied by McDonald’s and Starbucks) and is also seeking outline
Continue readingLatest on the Willow Brook planning appeal
Agents acting on behalf of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre have lodged an appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for two new drive-through food and drink units (foreseen to be occupied by McDonald’s and Starbucks) and two new retail units at the town centre site. The controversial planning application, submitted in March 2018, was first
Continue readingDeadline imminent for making representations on Willow Brook planning appeal
People and organisations interested in making representations for consideration by the inspector who will decide the appeal against refusal of planning permission for development at the Willow Brook Centre have until Wednesday this week (21st August) to submit their written statements. The appealed decision relates to permission for two new drive-through food and drink units (foreseen to be occupied by
Continue readingWillow Brook lodges appeal against “McDonald’s & Starbucks” planning refusal
Agents acting on behalf of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre have lodged an appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for two new drive-through food and drink units (foreseen to be occupied by McDonald’s and Starbucks) and two new retail units at the town centre site. The controversial planning application, submitted in March 2018, was first
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