Current News and Updates
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The St Christopher’s Site
A planning application for the development of the St. Christopher's site was registered with Bristol City Council in mid March. The Community Association opposed the application on a number of grounds, most notably the overdevelopment of the site with large apartment buildings up to six storeys high being proposed on the backland area of the site close to surrounding houses. We also opposed it on parking grounds as the number of parking spaces proposed could lead to overspill parking on surrounding roads. A further objection related to the inadequacy of the community engagement programme undertaken by the applicant and the failure to address the many concerns expressed by the Community Association and many others.
There were over 700 objections to the planning application made in March 2022 including several from respected national bodies: a number of City Council officers / teams also expressed major concerns.
Faced with all the criticism of the original application the applicant submitted revised plans to Bristol City Council in December 2022 in an attempt to address the many fundamental objections to the original plans. Proposed changes included a reduction in the total number of units from 122 to 116, reducing the height of villa B fron six to five storeys, changing the footprint and positioning of villas A, B, C and D, removing the vehicular access to the site from Bayswater Avenue and removing fewer trees.
The Community Association regard these changes as largely cosmetic and go no where near addessing the concerns we and many others had expressed in making objections to the original proposal. We expressed these views in a note circulated to WPCA members on 9th December 2022.
The Association posted a new objection to the revised proposals on 4th January - a day before the deadline for submitting commments to Bristol City Council. The objection covered the overdevelopment of the site, the unacceptable height and positioning of the proposed new villas, the failure to respect the setting of Grace House (a listed building) and the character of the Conservation Area, the insufficient number of parking spaces and the lack of community engagement on the revised proposals.
By the 5th January deadline for submitting comments an estimated 1,100 objections had been posted on the Cith Council's Planning Portal.
The planning application can be found at :-
https://pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=R8HHLODN0DG00&activeTab=summary
More information about St. Christophers can be found on the Planning Issues page including a summary of the proposalsand a summary of the issues causing so much concern.
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Waitrose – Electric Vehicle Recharging Points
A number of electric vehicle recharging points have been installed by Shell in the Waitrose car park – it is believed that there are two 50 kw and six 22 kw recharging points. This is part of a national plan announced by Shell and Waitrose to instal 800 recharge points in up to 100 Waitrose locations by the end of 2025.
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Website updated on Thursday, 5th January 2023
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The St Christopher’s Site
A planning application for the development of the St. Christopher's site was registered with Bristol City Council in mid March. The Community Association opposed the application on a number of grounds, most notably the overdevelopment of the site with large apartment buildings up to six storeys high being proposed on the backland area of the site close to surrounding houses. We also opposed it on parking grounds as the number of parking spaces proposed could lead to overspill parking on surrounding roads. A further objection related to the inadequacy of the community engagement programme undertaken by the applicant and the failure to address the many concerns expressed by the Community Association and many others.
There were over 700 objections to the planning application made in March 2022 including several from respected national bodies: a number of City Council officers / teams also expressed major concerns.
Faced with all the criticism of the original application the applicant submitted revised plans to Bristol City Council in December 2022 in an attempt to address the many fundamental objections to the original plans. Proposed changes included a reduction in the total number of units from 122 to 116, reducing the height of villa B fron six to five storeys, changing the footprint and positioning of villas A, B, C and D, removing the vehicular access to the site from Bayswater Avenue and removing fewer trees.
The Community Association regard these changes as largely cosmetic and go no where near addessing the concerns we and many others had expressed in making objections to the original proposal. We expressed these views in a note circulated to WPCA members on 9th December 2022.
The Association posted a new objection to the revised proposals on 4th January - a day before the deadline for submitting commments to Bristol City Council. The objection covered the overdevelopment of the site, the unacceptable height and positioning of the proposed new villas, the failure to respect the setting of Grace House (a listed building) and the character of the Conservation Area, the insufficient number of parking spaces and the lack of community engagement on the revised proposals.
By the 5th January deadline for submitting comments an estimated 1,100 objections had been posted on the Cith Council's Planning Portal.
The planning application can be found at :-
https://pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=R8HHLODN0DG00&activeTab=summary
More information about St. Christophers can be found on the Planning Issues page including a summary of the proposalsand a summary of the issues causing so much concern.
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Waitrose – Electric Vehicle Recharging Points
A number of electric vehicle recharging points have been installed by Shell in the Waitrose car park – it is believed that there are two 50 kw and six 22 kw recharging points. This is part of a national plan announced by Shell and Waitrose to instal 800 recharge points in up to 100 Waitrose locations by the end of 2025.
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Website updated on Thursday, 5th January 2023
